State ex rel. Moore v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Fifteenth Judicial District Court, Parish of Calcasieu; Edmund Dennis Miller, Judge. Action by the state, on the relation of Joseph Moore, district attorney, and' others, against John A. Perkins and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant American Bonding Company appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Statement of the Case.
MONROE, J.
Suits were brought against John A. Perkins, a defaulting and absconding tax collector, and against the American Bonding Company, his surety on a bond for $20,000, on behalf of the state, the parish school board, the Fidelity Trust Company, and the parish' of Calcasieu, for the recovery of money representing taxes due to the par*303ties mentioned, aggregating, it was alleged, over $80,000, for which said Perkins had failed to account; and writs of attachment were issued, under which there were seized certain lands standing in the name of the principal defendant,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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