Haynes v. Butler

Harrison, J.:

This was a suit by Hattie Butler, as treasurer of Lafayette county, against Floyd C. Wood, late collector of taxes of said county, and the appellants, his securities on his official bond, to recover the sum of two thousand nine hundred and ten dollars and seventy-five cents, the aggregate amount received by him as such collector on the sale of lands for the non-payment of taxes for the year 1871, in excess 'of the taxes, penalty and costs charged thereon, which he had failed to pay into the county treasury. The defendants demurred to the complaint, and, upon their demurrer being…