Citizens Bank & Trust Co. v. Walker

STATEMENT OF THE' CASE

REYNOLDS, J.

The Citizens Bank & Trust Company sues E. L. Walker and the sureties on his bond as Clerk of the District Court of Jackson Parish, Louisiana, for $1,000.00 with 8 per cent per annum interest thereon from January 1, 1925, until paid, and 10 per cent on the principal and interest, as attorney’s fees, for a loss alleged to have been sustained by it by reason of an alleged neglect of official duty.

Plaintiff alleges that on February 10, 1919, E. L. Walker was the duly elected, qualified and acting Clerk of the District Court of Jackson Parish, Louisiana, and ex…