Moorman v. Terrell, Comptroller
Texas Supreme Court
Original application by Moorman to the Supreme Court for writ of mandamus against Terrell as State Comptroller, to require respondent to allow him. a credit claimed in his accounts as county tax collector.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Greenwood
The following facts are alleged by the relator and are admitted by the respondent:
Relator qualified as tax collector of Bosque County, Texas, December 3, 1912. The total vote cast in said county at the presidential election of 1908 was 1713, and at that of 1912 was 1472. By the United States census of 1900 the population of Bosque County was 17,390, by the census of 1910 it was 19,013. During the fiscal year 1915-16, relator issued 3196 poll tax receipts and certificates of exemption, and retained $479.40, as fees therefor, being at the rate of 15 cents each, six-sevenths of which amount, or…
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