Legal Opinion
Harris County v. Charlton
Texas Supreme Court
Decided June 24, 1922No. 3636PublishedCited by 16 opinions
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the First District, in an appeal from Harris County. The county brought suit against Charlton, County Treasurer, and his bondsman, and recovered judgment. Defendants appealed, and plaintiff, the county, obtained a writ of error from the Supreme Court on a judgment (228 S. W., 969) reversing and rendering in favor of appellants.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Pierson
The Court of Civil Appeals gives a concise statement of the case, as follows:
"James Charlton, as county treasurer for Harris County, collected and retained as his commissions for each of the years 1915 to 1918, inclusive, the sum of $2,000; in addition, in his capacity as treasurer of the various drainage and navigation districts within the county, he collected arid retained during the same four year period — part of it from one and part from another of such districts — as his compensation for the latter service an aggregate amount of $3248.52.
"In the Court below the county recovered judgment…
2Cited by16 opinions
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- Settegast v. Harris CountyCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1942
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- Throckmorton County v. ThompsonTexas Supreme Court · 1938
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