Rusk County v. Maloney

I think it appears from the language used in article 7335, R.S. 1925, that the power the Legislature intended to confer upon the commissioners' court was to contract with an attorney at law (and with no other person) "to enforce or assist in the enforcement of the collection" of delinquent taxes. The forced collection contemplated could have been accomplished in no other way than by suits in the courts, and only such attorneys could prosecute such suits. Baxter v. City of Venice, 271 Ill. 233, 111 N.E. 111; Kerr v. Regester, 42 Ind. App. 375, 85 N.E. 790. It follows, I think, the…