Hatfield v. Hutton

Woods, PresideNt :

This action was brought at the relation of Cecil Lusk for damages arising from an alleged breach of a bond, given the sheriff of McDowell county by C. C. Hutton, a tax collecting deputy, as principal, and J. W. Blakely, Agent, as surety. The declaration contains two counts. Each sets out the bond in haec verba, and is drawn on the theory that that portion of section 7, Chapter 148, West Virginia Cumulative Statutes, 1925, providing that regularly elected sheriffs, regularly appointed deputies, etc., shall be liable upon their said official bonds, for the damages done by the…