Danley v. Pike

delivered tbe opinion of tbe Court.

At tbe June term, 1851, Pike filed bis petition in tbe Pulaski Circuit Court, setting out tbe amount of tbe State and county taxes assessed against bimfor tbat year. Tbat tbe tax-books, witb tbe proper warrant annexed for tbeir collection, were in tbe bands of Danley, as sheriff and collector; tbat, on tbe 26th of July, of tbat 3rear, he bad tendered to the sheriff certain funds, sufficient to pay tbe whole amount, among which were certain Bank notes, issued by tbe Bank of the State of Arkansas, in tbe years 1838 and 1839, amounting to tbe sum of forty-five…