Legal Opinion
Ellis County v. Thompson
Texas Supreme Court
Decided November 4, 1901No. 1033PublishedCited by 30 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fifth District, in an appeal from Ellis County. Ellis County sued Thompson and appealed from a judgment for defendant, on affirmance of which the county obtained writ of error.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Associate Justice.
From the opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals we copy the following findings of fact:
“T. F. Thompson was county clerk of Ellis County from December 1, 1897, to November 23, 1898. Ellis County east as many as 7500 votes at the presidential election held in 1896. Thompson collected in cash from all sources as fees earned by said office during the time he was clerk $6886.70, less a credit of $136.10 for error and stamps allowed, leaving $6750.60. He also collected commission on fines, $190.55. There were delinquent fees at the time he went out of office, $1294.61, of…
2Cited by30 opinions
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- Ward v. Harris CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1919
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