Hoke v. Simonton

This suit was brought by appellee, a former tax collector of Montgomery county, against I. D. Hoke, his successor, who duly qualified as such in 1924, again in 1926, and again in 1928, and the sureties upon each of Hoke’s official bonds for his three several terms of office. The purpose of the suit was to recover fees of office earned by Simonton while he was. in office, but collected by Hoke, as his successor. The suit was for $1,184, but on trial to the court without a jury the judgment was for only $668.43, with liability for this sum correctly distributed among the sureties for his three…