National Surety Co. v. State

The suit by the state, in equity, was for the recovery for devastavit of public funds or moneys wrongfully deposited in the bank and without surety, whereby the same was lost.

Such a bill is not required to allege special grounds for “equitable interference.” The statute prescribes the right. Sections 5648, 5649, Code of 1928; Bradford v. State, 201 Ala. 170, 77 So. 696; Id., 204 Ala. 46, 85 So. 435.

The making parties respondents the principal on the several official bonds, and respective sureties, did not render the bill multifarious (section 5649) and affect the right of its maintenance in…