Shelton v. Landers

This is an action by the appellee against the appellant. The appellee alleged that, prior to December 20, 1920, Poinsett County was indebted to Hooten, or Hooten & Company, in the sum of $1,708; that J. C. Hooten, or Hooten & Company, assigned the account to the appellee, and that the appellee was the only person having the right to receive payment from the county; that the appellant, notwithstanding this fact, procured a warrant to be issued by the clerk of Poinsett County to him, which warrant he converted to his own use, and thereby damaged the appellee in the sum of $1,708, which the…