Mullikin v. State

— Debt by the state against the plaintiffs in error on the official bond of the agent of the surplus revenue for Fayette county.

The declaration states that at the May term, 1840, of the board of commissioners of Fayette county, Mullihin was appointed the agent of said fund; that he took the oath of office and entered into bond according to law; and that he received from his predecessor in office a large sum of money, to wit, the sum of 10,500 dollars, &c. The breaches are, first, That on the - day of-, 1841, one William Watton was, by the board of commissioners of Fayette *78county, appointed to…