Harris County v. Hall

GRAVES, Justice.

This appeal by the County of Harris, as appellant, against J. W. Hall, its ex-tax assessor and collector, and Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company — the surety on his official bond in that capacity — as appellees, is from a judgment of the 55th District Court of Harris County, sitting without a jury, in a cause wherein appellant sought to enforce an accounting against Hall and to recover certain fees and other money — totalling $58,510.15— which it alleged h¿ had collected and received officially while holding such, office as fees thereof prescribed by law, but which he had…