City of Tyler v. Cocker

HODGES, Associate Justice.

— The appeal in this case is from a judgment rendered against the appellant in favor of the appellee for commissions claimed by him for assessing the rolling stock of the Cotton Belt Railway Company. The petition alleges that the appellee was during the years 1905, 1906 and 1907 the duly elected, qualified and acting assessor and collector of the city of Tyler; that the latter is a municipal corporation situated in Smith County; that during the year 1907 the appellee, in pursuance of an order theretofore made by the mayor and board of aldermen of the city of Tyler,…