Duclos v. Harris County

In 1923 and 1924, 946 tax suits were instituted in the district courts of Harris county by municipal corporations (other than the county); 115 judgments in favor of the corporations and 831 dismissals occurred.' Duelos, district clerk, collected $2,708.80 in fees, as comparable with $1,003.-50, the amount which ought to have been collected if the fees (for that office) were the same, by law, as those fixed in ta,x suits filed to enforce payment of state and county taxes. Duelos retained the amount collected, and Harris county sued to recover and had judgment for three-fourths thereof as…