Russel v. Clark
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. W. M. Denny, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by John B. Clark and others against D. T. Russel and others. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal. And complainants cross-appeal. One Reeves was tax collector of Harrison county during the years 1910 and 1911, and appellauts and appellees were sureties on his official bond.
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Appeal from the chancery court of Harrison county. Hon. W. M. Denny, Jr., Chancellor. Suit by John B. Clark and others against D. T. Russel and others. From a decree for complainants, defendants appeal. And complainants cross-appeal. One Reeves was tax collector of Harrison county during the years 1910 and 1911, and appellauts and appellees were sureties on his official bond. During the month of' May 1911, he collected privilege taxes due the state amounting to fourteen thousand, and fifty dollars, and on June 10th reported to the state auditor that he had collected five thousand, two…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
Appellees are not entitled to recover from appellants any part of the money deposited by them in the Bank of Commerce on the 22d day of July, 1911, to the credit of Williams Reeves, Jr., and thereafter applied by him or the bank to defalcations in Reeves ’ account with the state which thereafter occurred; but they are entitled to recover, not only the nine thousand, forty seven dollars and fifty cents, paid by them to the state on July 22, 1911, to cover the amount of privilege taxes for which William Reeves, Jr., was then in default, together with six per cent, interest thereon from that…
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