Hoffman v. Davis

HICKMAN, Commissioner.

There is' presented for decision in this case the question of the right of taxpaying citizens of a county to prosecute a suit in behalf of the county against officers and ex-officers of the county and their bondsmen to recover for the alleged unlawful expenditure by such officers of county funds. The question arose in this manner:

A. J. Hoffman and other taxpaying citizens of Presidio county, claiming to act for themselves, for othef persons similarly situated, and on behalf of the county, instituted this action against W. T. Davis, county judge, and the four county…