Chouteau v. Rowse

Adams^ Judge,

delivered the opinion of the court.

This was an action to recover from defendant ten thousand dollars which had been paid to him by the plaintiffs in part payment of taxes due on lands in St. Louis county, belonging to plaintiffs. The petition alleges that the defendant was the county collector of taxes for St. Louis county, and that the plaintiffs paid him ten thousand dollars in part payment of their taxes which had been assessed against them on their lands in St. Louis county, and that subsequently, they tendered the defendant as collector, the balance of the taxes due on their…