Cowart v. Russell

Mr. Judge German

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section A.

The parties will be designated in this opinion as in the trial court. The Court of Civil Appeals has made a very accurate statement of the material facts, which statement is as follows:

“Defendant Russell was clerk of the district court of Eastland county in 1919 and 1920. During his tenure of office the case of Cowart v. Rust was tried in said court. On the trial an agreement was reached whereby Rust paid into the district court the sum of $2,000 in settlement of said suit, $666.65 thereof being for the benefit of…