Cosby v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Cash 42 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM GRAVES CIRCUIT COURT. The duties of the county judge under section 14, article 1, chapter 48, General Statutes, are judicial in their character, and therefore he is not liable upon his bond for any default in the performance of such duties.
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Cash 42 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEAL FROM GRAVES CIRCUIT COURT. The duties of the county judge under section 14, article 1, chapter 48, General Statutes, are judicial in their character, and therefore he is not liable upon his bond for any default in the performance of such duties. (Gorham v. Luckett, 6 B. M., 158; Colter v. Mclntire, 31 Bush, 565; Fletcher v. Light, 4 Bush, 307; Isaacs v. Taylor, 3 Dana, 600; Murray v. Oliver, 3 B. M., 1; Kinnison v. Carpenter, 9 Bush, 602; Wheatley v. Mercer, 9 Bush, 707; 5 Wait's Actions and Defenses, 35; Ayers v. Cox, 10 Bush, 207; Commonwealth v. Jones,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BENNETT
delivered the opinion oe the court.
The appellee sued the appellants as the sureties on the official .bond of the county judge of Graves county, seeking to hold them responsible for the amount of money that went 'into the hands of appellee’s guardian, and to which the appellee was entitled, but which the appellee lost by reason of the insolvency of said guardian and his sureties, upon the ground of the negligent and careless failure of the said judge to annually inquire into the solvency of said guardian’s sureties, and to cause the guardian fo give additional security, there…
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