Board of Education v. Workman

CAMMACK, Justice.

On the first trial of this case the sheriff, Vessie L. Workman, was allowed the full statutory fee of four per cent for collecting school taxes. We set aside that judgment and remanded the case to the circuit court *4for taking of further proof to ascertain what portion of the time of the sheriff and his deputies was devoted to tax collection work. The formula used by the lower court to compute the sheriff’s fee was held to be erroneous and we pointed out also that unless there was more satisfactory proof of automobile expenses actually paid, that item should be disallowed.…