Coker v. Wilkinson

Appellee, J. L. Wilkinson, brought his bill in the chancery court of the second district of Bolivar county against appellant, E. L. Coker, to recover from the latter the fees and perquisites of the office of tax collector of the town of Shelby, received and enjoyed by appellant for the years of 1923 and 1924 while acting as such tax collector, upon the ground that appellant was a usurper of said office and appellee had been legally elected thereto and therefore entitled to such fees and perquisites. Appellee recovered a judgment for one thousand five hundred twenty-four dollars and forty-six…