Legal Opinion
City of Hallettsville v. Long
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided October 10, 1895No. 917PublishedCited by 7 opinions
Error from Lavaca. Tried below before Hon. T. H. Spooner.
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
-Appellant instituted this suit against appellees as sureties on the official bond of its deceased tax collector to recover a sum of money, which it is alleged the collector received .as taxes and failed to pay over.
The defendants denied that their principal had ever been the legal assessor and collector of taxes of the city, or that they had signed any bond given by him as such; but they admitted that they had signed the instrument sued on, which was attached to the petition, and which -obligated the principal simply as collector. They further pleaded that for the…
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