Legal Opinion

Barkley v.Tarrant County

Texas Supreme Court

Decided April 27, 1880No. Case No. 4024PublishedCited by 12 opinions

Appeal from Tarrant. Tried below before the Hon. A. J. Hood. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.

1Opinion of the Court

Bonner, Associate Justice.

This is a suit brought by the county of Tarrant, as plaintiff, against B. F. Barkley, as former treasurer of that county, and the sureties on his official bond, for alleged breaches of the same, in this, substantially, that Barkley, as such treasurer, had received certain funds belonging to the county, and had failed to account for the same, including the amounts of sundry mistakes made against the county in two settlements with the police court, one made April 11, 1872, and the other July 21, 1872.

The defendants answered by special exceptions, general denial, and…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Oliver v. ChapmanTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  2. Fowler v. StoneumTexas Supreme Court · 1854
  3. Whitehead v. PerieTexas Supreme Court · 1855
  4. Drake v. BranderTexas Supreme Court · 1852

3Cited by12 opinions

  1. Dwyer v. KalteyerTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  2. Kendall v. HackworthTexas Supreme Court · 1885
  3. Richie v. LevyTexas Supreme Court · 1887
  4. Farmers' State Bank & Trust Co. of Gorman v. Central State Bank of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1926
  5. Moore v. Waco Building AssociationCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1895

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