Schmittler v. Sunflower County

The appellant, Fred Schmittler, filed this suit against Sunflower county, seeking to recover certain sums alleged to have been wrongfully collected from him and certain other persons who had assigned to him their claims against the county, for the privilege of seining or netting for fish in the bayous, lakes, and streams of Sunflower county; and, from a directed verdict in favor of the county, this appeal was prosecuted.

The declaration, as finally amended, alleged that the appellant and his assignors were all resident citizens of Sunflower county, and that they had each been required to pay…