Howard v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 73 — ACTION ON SHERIFF’S BOND The bond of the sheriff provided for by sec. 4133 of the Kentucky Statutes covers State revenue alone. Kentucky Statutes, secs. 1884, 4133, 1860, 1867, 1878; Civil Code, secs. 3.86, 687; Boyd County v. Ross, 15 Ky.
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Case 73 — ACTION ON SHERIFF’S BOND The bond of the sheriff provided for by sec. 4133 of the Kentucky Statutes covers State revenue alone. Kentucky Statutes, secs. 1884, 4133, 1860, 1867, 1878; Civil Code, secs. 3.86, 687; Boyd County v. Ross, 15 Ky. Law Rep., 520; 95 Ky., 167. STONE and SUDDUTH, in behalf of other parties having an appeal involving the same question moved for leave to file a petition for a rehearing and cited on the propriety of their doing so, Stryker v. Goodnow, 123 U. S., 540; and leave being granted, a petition was filed in which it was argued: That the bond provided for…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE HAZELRIGG
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellant Howard was elected sheriff of Harlan county in November, 1893, to fill out an unexpired term ending in January, 1895. He seems to have executed only one bond (that provided for by section 4133 of the Kentucky Statutes), and this he did on November 13th, after his election.
Thereafter he was ruled by the county court to give an additional bond, and, failing to do so, the tax books were taken from him. In the meantime he had settled with the auditor for the State revenue, and had his quietus. This suit was afterwards brought by the…
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