State Ex Rel. Hallock v. Donnelly

By the Court,

Leonard, C. J.:

Prior to respondent’s semi-annual settlement with relator, June 11, 1888, the assessor of Eureka county collected 138 poll-taxes of three dollars each; in all four hundred and fourteen dollars. Of this amount relator demands one-half, two hundred and seven dollars, for the state; while respondent claims that it is his official right and duty to retain for Eureka county ten per cent, of the whole amount, to wit, forty one dollars aDd forty cents, and that of the balance the state is entitled to receive one-half, to wit, one hundred and eighty-six dollars and thirty…