McLennan County v. Frost

KEY, Associate Justice.

—This is a suit by McLennan County against a former tax assessor for a debt, the principal of which is alleged to be $871.34, the county’s contention being that the defendant had obtained that sum from the county in excess of the compensation allowed him by law. W. S. Frost, J. G-. Fennell and S. C. Brown intervened, and asserted that they, having acted as deputies under the defendant Frost, were entitled to the" fund claimed by the county.

There was a nonjury trial, resulting in a judgment against the county, and judgment for the interveners, as prayed in their…