Montgomery v. State

KNIGHT, Justice.

It is made to appear from the petition in this cause that B. S. Turrentine, the clerk of the circuit court of Limestone county, had at sundry times deposited in the Farmers’ & Merchants’ Bank, Athens, Ala., public moneys of the state of Alabama and of Limestone county, as well as certain fees of officers of the court, ftnclaimed witness fees, and moneys paid to him by individual litigants to secure court costs in pending suits; that, while a large part of each of said funds was still on deposit in said bank, the institution became insolvent, closed its doors, and its affairs…