City & County of Dallas Levee Improvement Dist. v. Russell

This was an action by J. E. Russell against the City and County of Dallas Levee Improvement District to recover the sum of $15,000 commissions and fees alleged to be due him as county treasurer of Dallas county and as ex officio treasurer of said levee improvement district. A trial without a jury resulted in a judgment for plaintiff for the sum of $4,747.26. The defendant appealed.

The appellee, Russell, was the county treasurer of Dallas county for two terms, ending January 1, 1929. The levee improvement district was created in 1926 and in 1928 voted bonds to the amount of $6,000,000. A part…