State v. Watson
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Jackson Circuit Court. Hon. E. H. Powell, Circuit Judge. The condition of the bond was, “That he would well •and truly perform the duties of his office, and pay over to the proper officer of person all moneys that may come to his hands by virtue of his office.” Gantt’s Dig., sec. 1,001. McCanany received this money by virtue of his office as •clerk and master, and appellee is clearly liable.
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APPEAL from Jackson Circuit Court. Hon. E. H. Powell, Circuit Judge. The condition of the bond was, “That he would well •and truly perform the duties of his office, and pay over to the proper officer of person all moneys that may come to his hands by virtue of his office.” Gantt’s Dig., sec. 1,001. McCanany received this money by virtue of his office as •clerk and master, and appellee is clearly liable. See Gantt’s Dig., sec. 4,814; 76., sec. 1,018 ; 76., 997; 76 7Y. ■G., 78; 63 7V. G., 508; 75 TV. G., 505; 9 Yerger, 102; 3 Galdtoell, 244; 11 Kansas, 378; 2 Metcalf, (Ky.). 91-.2-5; 34 Ind.,…
1Opinion of the Court
English, C. J. On the eleventh day of May, 1872, in a suit for partition pending in the Circuit Court of Jackson county, wherein John Billings and William Billings, minors, by their next friend, R. R. Kellogg, were . ex parte plaintiff's, a special commissioner who had been appointed at a previous term of the court to make sale of a tract of land, reported that he had made the sale as ordered, and the land sold for $763,62, and the court confirmed the sale, directed a deed to be made to the purchaser, and after allowing certain claims against the fund, concluded the order as follows: “And it…
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