Helluin v. Maurin
Supreme Court of Louisiana
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The plaintiff, as parish treasurer of the parish of Assumption, instituted suit against the defendant, to recover the sum of four hundred and forty dollars, which he' alleges the latter collected in taxes, on suits due to the parish, during the years 1824-5, while -he was sheriff of said parish.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT. The plaintiff, as parish treasurer of the parish of Assumption, instituted suit against the defendant, to recover the sum of four hundred and forty dollars, which he' alleges the latter collected in taxes, on suits due to the parish, during the years 1824-5, while -he was sheriff of said parish. The plaintiff alleges the defendant has failed to account to him for the taxes for the years before stated, according to a list made out by the clerk, and put into his hands for collection. He prays judgment for the sum of four hundred and‘forty…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is an action by the parish treasurer for the parish of Assumption, against the defendant, who is sheriff of the same parish, to recover from him the amount of certain taxes on suits, which the law requires the sheriff to collect and pay into the parish treasury. The plaintiff had judgment for the sum of four hundred and forty dollars from which the defendant appealed.,
in this court the counsel of the defendant contends that the act of 1823, section 3, 1 Moreau's Digest, 627, which imposes this tax, requires, indeed, that the sheriff shall collect and pay it into the parish treasury; but…
2Cited by1 opinion
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