Board of Com'rs v. Trippet

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Washington county by the board of county commissioners of Washington county and Bert Hodges, hereinafter referred to as defendants, from a judgment in favor of H. W. Trippet, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff. The board of county commissioners had entered into a contract employing defendant, Bert Hodges, as tax ferret for Washington county, and plaintiff, a taxpayer of said county, appealed to the district court. After a hearing it was held that the contract was void and the court ordered the same canceled. It is from that judgment…