State v. Winfree's Securities

This suit was instituted at the order of the Auditor of Public Accounts on the 15th September, 1852, against a number of persons, as securities in solido for A. B. O. Winfrey, State Tax Collector for the parish of Morehouse in the year 1848, for the taxes of 1847.

*644The amount of State tax for said parish for 1847, was $5,428 40, of which amount the collector paid to the accounting officer, $3,555 03, leaving a balance due the State of $1,873 37, for which amount, with two per cent, per month interest, since the 1st January, 1849, this suit is brought.

There was judgment against the State as in…