Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1930-02-03
TAX PAYERS
FILE SUIT
AnnuIment of Warrants For
Index System
Sought

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McALLEN, Feb. 3 A suit has
been filed in 93rd district court in
Edinburg by a party Of Hidalgo
county taxpayers in which the
commissioners court OF Hidalgo
county and various county officials
We're defendants and which seeks
TO prevent the payment of any Hi
dalgo county warrants issued as
compensation for the installation
OF the Colt Index system now in
use in the Hidalgo county court
house in Edinburg.
The county commissioners court,
including commissioners w. L.
Lipscomb, Robert Henderson. w. D.
Chadick and S. NJ. Hargroves,
county auditor r. 0. Lilies, former
county auditor l.. Z. Tinker, coun-
ty treasurer Geo. w. Walton, coun-
ty judge A. w. Cameron and Clar-
ence <. Jones. party with whom
contract was made for installation
OF the index system, and the county
OF Hidalgo are named as defen-
cants.
Plaintiffs are z. l.. Rothrock OF
Mercedes, Amos L. Litton OF Edin-
burg, j. u. Kennady OF Mercedes.
X. w. Bonham OF Hargill ana A.
Z. Hendrick.
The petition alleges that the de-
PENDANTS convinced and schemed to
swindle and defraud the said coun-
~ OF Hidalgo and the citizens and
taxpayers thereof and TO that end
fraudulently and corruptiy provid-
ed in said contract for a gross. *
ceSsive, unreasonable and uncon-
Ecionable amount 70 be paid for in
stallatiOn Of said index system.
About ten times in excess of the
actual and reasonable value and
for contract price for such services,
OIL OF which facts were known TO
said named defendants at the time
Of and prior TO said transaction
and said contract vas entered into
corruptly, fraudulently and collusi-
vely between the said defendant
parties, with the intent TO thereby
wrongfully and ~unlawfully and
without consideration, take away,
keep and convert the moneys and
property OF s ID defendant county
AMI the citizens and taxpayers
thereof. The petition declares that
in truth and in fact the true and
actual cost ana expense Of said in
s~tallation did not exceed said sum
Of thirty thousand dollars includ-
ing reasonable profits to the said
defendant Clarence Z. Jones, there
fore"
The petition further alleges that
IN truth and in fact all OF said
" warrants and the proceeds there
OF in excess Of said sum Of thirty
thousand dollars were not used or
expended in the installation of said
index system or any other lawful
purpose but we're taken and used
for the private benefit and ad-
vantage OF the said conspiring de-
PENDANTS and individuals a~ssociat-
ed with them whose names are
unknown to the plaintiffs herein"
The petition declares that mor
than $500. 500 in county warrants
were delivered to Clarence z. Jones
IN excess o. the actual cost and
expense OF installing the index sys-
tenn and asks that the defendants
be absolutely ard perpetually en-
joined and restrained from taking.
accepting. paying. or satisfying the
said fraudulent and Illegal county
warrants. The plaintiffs pray iudg-
ment that sos county warrants
and each and all thereof be adj
judged and declared fraudulent, ~
leSaI. null, and void and that the
same and al thereof DC deliyere1
up and cancelled"
ATTORNEYS FOR plaintiffs arc II II.
Dunn and A. G. Haigh Of Edin-