Holcomb v. Spikes

At the general election of 1920 S. C. Spikes was elected tax collector of Lubbock county and C. A. Holcomb was elected sheriff. There was a controversy as to whether, under the provisions of article 8, § 16, of the state Constitution, the office of tax collector of said county was, at the time of such election, separate from that of sheriff. Holcomb claimed that, by virtue of his election as sheriff of Lubbock county, he was ex officio collector of taxes therefor. The commissioners’ court of the county sustained Holcomb in this contention, and approved his bonds as sheriff and tax collector,…