Cameron County v. Fox

HARVEY, Presiding Judge.

This suit was brought by Cameron county against James J. Fox, tax collector of said county, and the surety on his official bond, to recover sundry fees of office collected by him, and alleged to have been unlawfully retained by him. Fox became tax collector in the year 1918, and continued in office until after the year 1926. The present suit partakes somewhat of the nature of one for a general accounting for the period from the yéar 1920 to 1926, both years inclusive. The trial court rendered judgment which, in effect, denied the county a recovery of any amount, and…