State v. Bias
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Union County. Hon. W. S. Featherston, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. I maintain that the suit which the auditor caused to be instituted upon the bond for moneys due on final settlement on the face of the assessment rolls could not be concluded by the action brought by the State’s revenue agent to recover moneys collected by the sheriff and fraudulently concealed.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Union County. Hon. W. S. Featherston, Judge. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court. I maintain that the suit which the auditor caused to be instituted upon the bond for moneys due on final settlement on the face of the assessment rolls could not be concluded by the action brought by the State’s revenue agent to recover moneys collected by the sheriff and fraudulently concealed. By the act •creating the office of revenue agent I take it that it was the purpose of the Legislature to have an expert with power to detect frauds and to recover money…
1Opinion of the CourtCooper, J.
This is a suit brought by the state against J. M. Thompson, late sheriff and tax collector of Union County, and the sureties upon his bond as such collector to recover certain sums of money received by said Thompson as tax collector which have not been paid over by him to the proper officers as required by law.
The defendants pleaded a former recovery on the same cause of action in a suit instituted on the--day March, 1886. To this plea the state interposed a replication setting up in an obscure, prolix and indefinite manner various matters ; whether it was intended by the pleader to traverse…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- State ex rel. Hinds County v. MorrisonMississippi Supreme Court · 1882
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