Davis v. National Surety Co. of New York

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

The appellant, Thomas S. Davis, was the sheriff of McCreary county from January 1, 1922, to January 1, 1926, during which period Ulysses S. Wood was the clerk of the circuit court of that county. The appellee National Surety Company was the surety on the official bond of Wood, which was worded as follows:

“We, Ulysses Sidney Wood and the National Surety Company, his surety, do hereby covenant with the Commonwealth of Kentucky in the penal sum of Two Thousand ($2,000.00) Dollars, that the said U. S. Wood as clerk of the McCreary Circuit Court shall…