State Ex Rel. Switzer v. Overturff

The case comes to us on appeal from a decision on the pleadings. ' Is appellant entitled, under the allegations of its petition, to a forfeiture of defendant Overturffi’s sheriff’s bond for his alleged malfeasance and' misfeasance in office? It is alleged the sheriff, by conspiracy with others, collected on false and padded expense claims of himself and his office force; also, that he permitted open, notorious and flagrant violations of law at certain favored places. The details are unimportant to this appeal. No question is raised by defendants as to the wrongful character of the alleged…