Harris County v. Hammond
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Harris County; Henry J. Dannanbaum, Judge. Suit by the County of Harris against M. B\ Hammond and others. From the judgment rendered, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
This suit was brought by appellant against appellee Frank Hammond, sheriff of Harris county, and his official bondsmen, for an accounting of fees and other amounts received by him as sheriff of said county during the years 1915 and 1916, and for recovery of the amounts so received by him in excess of the maximum compensation of $5,000 allowed him by the statute commonly known and designated as the "Fee Bill."
The principal items involved in the controversy, and which the sheriff contends are not fees of office for which he is required to account under the provisions of the fee bill, are the…
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