City of Austin v. Johns

West, Associate Justice.

Appellee instituted this suit against appellant to recover under article 103 of the- revised ordinances of the city of Austin $1,250.47, being ten per cent, of the fines collected in misdemeanor prosecutions in the mayor’s court of the city of Austin from the 9th of September, 1878, to the 16th of November, 1881, during which time plaintiff was city attorney.

September 26, 1883, appellant filed a general demurrer, general denial and special answer, in which it was alleged that under articles 100 and 101 of the revised ordinances, which were in force during appellee’s…