State v. Jahraus
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Appeal from Civil District Court, Parish of Orleans; George Henry Théard, Judge. Action by the state against Arthur Jahraus. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBreaux, C. J.
This suit was brought by the state to recover the sum of $3,755.61, *287with interest, from the succession of the late Arthur Jahraus. The charge of the state is, as relates to the ex-sheriff of Calcasieu parish, John A. Perkins, that he collected taxes for her which he failed to turn over to the auditor.
The state charges that Jahraus knew that Perkins was sheriff at the time that he received from him different sums of money in checks; that Jahraus knew that the funds against which the checks were drawn were not the property of Perkins, but of the state; and that Perkins signed the checks as…
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