State Ex Rel. Cherokee County v. Brown

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Eishburne.

The issue before us is whether the lower Court erred in adjudging the defendants, H. M. Brown and American Surety Company of New York, liable for the sum of $2,-404.50 on account of penalties which the defendant, Brown, then treasurer of Cherokee County, failed to collect from the four textile mills, Alma Mills, Hanirick Mills, Mus-grove Mills, and Rimestone Mills, known as the Hamrick group of mills.

His Honor, Judge Oxner, by whom the cause was heard, held that under the evidence and the applicable principles of law, both the…