Offutt v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 3 — MOTION IN FISCAL COURT APPEAL PROM FRANKLIN CIRCUIT COURT. (Brief not in record.) CITED Revised Statutes, 2 Stanton, p. 84, chap. 97, sec. 1. CITED Shearman and Redfield on Negligence, secs. 156, 157. 11 Barb. 135, Strong v. Campbell.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hardin
This proceeding by motion against J. C. Lemon, late trustee of the jury-fund for Scott pounty, and E. N. Offutt, his official surety, was instituted by the attorney-general in the Franklin Circuit Court, and based on an aggregated statement of the auditor, purporting to show a balance in Lemon’s hands of $2,742.63, and two bonds of the trustee and his said surety, dated respectively November 19, 1862, and September 17, 1869, which in form seem to be in substantial compliance with the requirements of section 2, article 6, chapter 55, of the Revised Statutes.
Offutt, having appeared, was…
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