State v. Standard Acc. Ins. Co.

PIALL, Chief Justice.

This suit was filed in the District Court of Travis County, Texas, and later by agreement of the parties the venue was changed to the District Court of Smith County in the Seventh Judicial District of Texas. Plaintiffs sought recovery against Horace M. Mills, former tax assessor and collector of Smith County, and against Standard Accident Insurance Company, the surety upon the official bond of the said tax collector, for defaults, under one or the other or both of two official bonds signed by the same surety, the first covering a term of office beginning January Í, 1937,…