Frazier v. Schultz

This is an appeal from a judgment canceling as void a certain contract for the collection of taxes as entered into between the county commissioners and the sheriff of Divide county. The relator filed a petition in the district court for a writ of certiorari, in which it is set up that, without jurisdiction and without authority in law, the county commissioners entered into a contract with the sheriff with reference to all delinquent personal property taxes for the years 1918 to 1922, both inclusive, and for all years prior thereto, whereby the sheriff was to receive compensation for his…