Robinson v. Wichita County

DUNKLIN, Chief Justice.

Jim Robinson was tax assessor for Wichita County during the years 1933 and 1934. The New York Casualty Company was surety on his official bond. During those years the county, acting through its commissioners’ court, made advancements from the county treasury to pay for clerical work in connection with the assessor’s office.

This suit' was’ instituted by the county against Robinson and the surety on his bond to recover an amount alleged to be in excess over and above the amount the commissioners’ court was authorized to allow as such advancements. The advancements were…