Downes v. Scott

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Kino, J.

The plaintiff sues for the amount of an open account for printing and publishing judicial advertisements at the request of the defendant, while the latter was acting as sheriff of the parish of Madison. The defendant denies that he is indebted to the plaintiff, and avers that he is not personally *400answerable for the charges for printing advertisements, which, in the discharge of his official duties, he was required by law te'cause to be published. The cause was tried by a jury, who gave a verdict for the plaintiff, and the defendant has…