Burke v. Bexar County

Bexar county brought this suit against Jack R. Burke, county clerk of said county, and bis official bondsmen, to recover tbe sum of $6,351.84; being $5,430.50 fees collected in delinquent tax cases, and $921.34 commissions for collecting delinquent fees; which fees were alleged to have been earned, collected, and received during tbe fiscal years beginning December 1, 1920, December 1, 1921, and December 1, 1922. It was alleged that said county clerk made no report of said' fees, as required by law, but retained and appropriated tbe same to bis own use, in addition to tbe maximum compensation…