Bitter v. Bexar County

This suit was brought in behalf of Bexar county, appellee, against John A. Bitter, appellant tax collector of Bexar county, to recover $39,668.40, the aggregate amount of certain fees allowed by article 7691 of the Revised Civil Statutes of the state of Texas, 1911, it being alleged that appellant, during the several fiscal years from 1914 to 1923, inclusive, had collected said fees and not paid them over to the county, but retained them under a claim that under the law he was not required to account for same as part of the excess fees to be paid over to the county under the maximum fee bill.

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