Tharpe v. Gormley

Bell, Justice.

The City Bank of Eort Valley failed and went into the hands of the superintendent of banks for liquidation in the year 1928. In October, 1931, T. E. Tharpe as tax-collector of the county in which the bank was located brought a suit in the superior court of that county against W. J. Davis, acting as superintendent of banks, alleging in his petition as amended that there was due as State and county taxes on real estate and personal property of the bank, in possession of the defendant, the sum of $994.50 as taxes accruing for the year 1929; and that the defendant had sufficient…