State ex rel. Patterson v. Sims

This suit arises from an oil lease executed by the Board of Supervisors of Jasper County to one L. F. Wall to Section 16, Township 2 North, Range 11 East for the bonus sum of $5,139.52. This sixteenth section lies within beat 1 of Jasper county which was then served by S. C. Sims as a member of the board of supervisors. He and the surety on his bond are designated as defendants to the suit.

The bill of complaint alleges that the true bonus paid for the lease was the sum of $19,273.20. This suit was to recover the difference between $19,273.20, Avhich was alleged to have been paid, less certain…