Burton v. American Bonding & Trust Co.

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Miller

Reversing'.

This appeal is prosecuted to reverse a judgment of the Boyd circuit court holding the appellants, Burton and Burns, liable to contribute an amount equal to one-third of the amount defaulted by L. D. Boggs as sheriff of Lawrence county. There is no dispute respecting the amounts found by the judgment appealed from. The parties agree that the appellee and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company paid $2,550.18 as the sum of the amounts defaulted by Boggs as sheriff prior to the year 1900, and that if there is any liability on the part of the…