State ex rel. Coahoma County v. Brown
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coahoma County. Hon. W. G. Phelps, Chancellor. This suit was brought in August, 1880, for the use of Coahoma County, against the sureties on two several bonds given by John Brown as sheriff and tax-collector .of that county.
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Appeal from the Chancery Court of Coahoma County. Hon. W. G. Phelps, Chancellor. This suit was brought in August, 1880, for the use of Coahoma County, against the sureties on two several bonds given by John Brown as sheriff and tax-collector .of that county. The bill alleged substantially these facts: Brown was elected sheriff for the term of two . years, commencing on the 1st of January, 1874. On the 29th of December, 1873, he gave a bond as sheriff and tax-collector, signed by four sureties. On the 28th of December, 1874, in compliance with an order of the Board of Supervisors of the…
1Opinion of the CourtCooker, J.
The facts charged in the bill, and admitted, by the demurrer, show that for many reasons the interposition of a court of equity may be invoked. The transactions sought to be investigated are such that it is evident no adequate and complete relief can be. obtained by suits at law. . Numerous collections have been made by the tax-collector, for which the sureties on one bond or the other are liable; but the extent of the respective liabilities of each set of sureties cannot be determined . until a long and complicated account shall be settled. The officer for whose acts they are bound was…
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