Cummins v. Mullins

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Affirming.

Appellee wTas elected sheriff of Rockcastle county, and appointed appellant, Detroit Cummins, as a deputy; said deputy, on the day of his appointment, executed a bond with J. H. Cummins, T. J. Nicely, Fritz Kreuger and Jonas McKenzie as sureties, under the terms of which the parties bound themselves that said deputy *667would faithfully account to and pay over to the proper persons all public moneys or other things coming into his hands by virtue of said office. The sureties further obligated themselves to make good any defalcation on the part of said…