State v. Hatcher

McClendon, c. j.

The state, upon the relation of the trustees of several common school districts in Lamar county, sued W. Gregory Hatcher and his surety (American 'Surety Company of New York) upon his official bond as state treasurer for negligent failure to collect a certified check and bank draft which had been remitted to him in his official capacity to pay off certain bonds issued by the several school districts and owned by the permanent school fund. The trial court sustained a general demurrer and several special exceptions to plaintiff’s petition, and overruled several special…