Houston County v. Martin

BROWN, Justice.

This appeal is from a declaratory judgment rendered on the petition of appellee, contested by appellants, adjudging that the fees collected by the appellee, as judge of probate of Houston county, for official services, authorized by section 7285 of the Code 1923, from September 1, 1933, to January 14, 1935, though the fees so collected exceeded the sum of $6,000 per annum, were the property of the appellee, and that the appellants were without right or interest therein.

The proceedings and the appeal are authorized by the Uniform Declaratory Judgment Act. Gen. Acts 1935, p. 777.…