State ex rel. Courter v. Buckles

This is an action by the appellant’s relator, against the appellee Buckles, on his official bond, as sheriff of the county of Knox, the other appellees being sureties on such bond.

The complaint is in two paragraphs, and the breach alleged in each paragraph is that the appellee Buckles, as such sheriff, for more than 180 days failed to levy an execution, in his hands, on a judgment in favor of the relator and against the board of commissioners of the county of Knox, which judgment was rendered by, and execution issued out of, the Knox Circuit Court.

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