Slimp v. Wise County

SPEER, Justice.

This suit grows out of a contract made by the commissioners’ court of Wise coun ty with Jeff Fox to collect delinquent taxes due the county and state.

Wise county and the state of Texas are plaintiffs, and L. C. Slimp, the assessor-collector of taxes for the county, C. B. Cross, a former tax collector, Jeff Fox, Mrs. Albert Fox, and Tom Fox are defendants. The last two named defendants are shown to he the sureties on the bond of Jeff Fox. We shall refer to the parties as plaintiffs and defendants, as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiffs alleged defendant Jeff Fox,- on…