Spurlock v. West Virginia
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. Action by the state of West Virginia, to the use of the Society for Savings, against Sanders Spurlock and his sureties upon his official bond as sheriff of Wayne county. Jury waived, and cause submitted on an agreed statement of facts. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants bring error. Affirmed.
1Opinion of the Court
Bond, Circuit Judge.
It appears from the agreed statement of facts in this case that the county court of Wayne county, in the state of West Virginia, on the 11th day of March, 1881, entered an order on its records, which recited that it appeared from a report of a special commissioner appointed by a preceding county court that there was an indebtedness which was created by the late county court of Wayne county in accordance with the provisions of the road laws of West Virginia, then due and unpaid. It further recited that the levies for the then coming year would not be sufficient to pay such…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Ratliff v. County CourtWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1889
- Canby v. Board of Education of Sleepy Creek Dist.West Virginia Supreme Court · 1881
3Cited by1 opinion
- State Ex Rel. Damron v. FerrellWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1965