Pierson v. Galveston County

McClendon, chief justice.

Suit by Galveston County to recover from Pierson and his official bondsmen the amount of fees collected during the years 1935 and 1936 by Pierson in his capacity of Justice of Peace in a precinct of said county, alleged to be in excess of the amount he was authorized by law to retain. There was a cross-action by Pierson in which he sought to recover certain fees alleged to be due him by the county. The trial was to a jury, but at the close of the evidence the court withdrew the case from the jury and rendered judgment in favor of the county for the aggregate sum of…