State v. Murphy

The defendant, Murphy, was appointed Back Tax Attorney for the County of Knox by the Comptroller of the State, under the provisions of Chapter 120 of the Acts of the Legislature of 1895. Having qualified himself as required by that Act, he set about the discharge of his duties, and during his incumbency he collected large sums of money from delinquent taxpayers, all of which he paid over to the financial officers of the State and county, except the sum of $5,486.67, which he claimed the right to retain from the county, as compensation *517for services which he rendered as such attorney in making…