SMITH v. COPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

No. 40675.

232 Miss. 838 (1958)

100 So.2d 614

SMITH v. COPIAH COUNTY, MISSISSIPPI

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 24, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

L. Barrett Jones, Jackson, for appellant.

Henley, Jones & Henley, Hazlehurst, for appellee.


LEE, J.

The background of this litigation is substantially as follows: R.L. Miller, after the expiration of his term from 1944 to 1948 as Sheriff and Tax Collector of Copiah County, employed Leland S. Smith to audit the books of the county and ascertain whether he was entitled, under the law, to additional sums for the performance of his duties. Under the contract, Smith was to receive fifty per cent of any recovery as a...

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