Nueces County v. Currington

Mr. Judge Taylor

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

This case is before us on the question of the correctness of the action of the courts below in sustaining a general demurrer to the petition of Nueces County seeking recovery from Mrs. Ann Currington and her official surety, American Surety Company, of fees in the aggregate sum of $4,663.00 which the county alleges she collected and failed and refused to account for during five years of her tenure as county assessor and collector of taxes. The county will be referred to as plaintiff and Mrs. Currington as defendant.…