McLennan County v. Boggess

The cause comes to this court upon certified question from the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District and involves the construction of article 1143 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, as it relates to the commission of five percent on all fines, forfeitures or moneys collected for the State or county, authorized to be paid to the clerk of that court, in which such judgments are rendered, when collected. In order to get a thorough understanding of the questions propounded we quote the certificate in full, as follows:

“McLennan County instituted this suit against Albert…