Bradford v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Circuit Court, Marshall County; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Bill by the State of Alabama against W. E. Bradford, as County Superintendent of Education, and the sureties on his official bond, to recover an amount alleged to have been misappropriated by Bradford of the public funds coming into his hands by virtue of his office, with ancillary writ of attachment. From a decree granting the relief prayed, respondents appeal.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Marshall County; W. W. Haralson, Judge. Bill by the State of Alabama against W. E. Bradford, as County Superintendent of Education, and the sureties on his official bond, to recover an amount alleged to have been misappropriated by Bradford of the public funds coming into his hands by virtue of his office, with ancillary writ of attachment. From a decree granting the relief prayed, respondents appeal. The appellants contend: First, that the money paid over to Bradford by the state treasurer out of the public school funds, was not paid to him or received by him under…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
On the former appeal from the decree of the court overruling the demurrers to the bill, it was ruled that the state was authorized by the statutes to sue for the recovery of school funds misappropriated or converted by the county treasurer of public school funds coming into his hands by virtue of his office or under color thereof, whether the funds belonged to the county or were state funds set apart to the public schools of the county. Bradford et al. v. State, 201 Ala. 170, 77 South. 696.
[1] While section 2445 of the Code of 1907 authorizes the institution of the suit “in a court of equity…
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