Trinity County v. Vickery

Citations

• 65 Tex. 554
• 1886 Tex. LEXIS 706

Syllabus

<p>1. County treasurer—Commissions—Order of commissioners’ court changing Rate not retroactive—The treasurer of a county is entitled to his percentage on moneys in the county’s possession, at the rate prescribed by the law in force at the time of the receipt thereof, though another custody, not contemplated by law, is provided for it; and an order of the commissioners' court changing the rate of his compensation is not retroactive. (Citing Wall v. McConnell, supra.)</p> <p>2. Same—Art. 677, Revised Statutes—Article 677, Revised Statutes, has no application to a suit brought by a county against its treasurer to recover money alleged to have been improperly withheld by him, as commissions.</p>