Thomas v. Price

Appellant filed his petition in the circuit court of Hinds county against appellee for a writ of mandamus requiring appellee to issue him a warrant on the state treasurer for the payment of certain fees and commissions growing out of the sale by him as sheriff and tax collector of Bolivar county of delinquent tax lands which had not been redeemed and later sold by the state. Appellee demurred to the petition, the demurrer was sustained, appellant declined to plead further, and thereupon final judgment was entered dismissing the suit. From that judgment appellant prosecutes this appeal.

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