Anderson v. Walker, County Judge
Texas Supreme Court
Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Walker, County Judge, brought suit against Anderson and others, sureties on the official bond of Jernigan as County Treasurer, and the latter made the Austin National Bank a party. Being held liable to , plaintiff and refused a recovery against the bank, defendants appealed, and on affirmance obtained a writ of error.
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Error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Third District, in an appeal from Travis County. Walker, County Judge, brought suit against Anderson and others, sureties on the official bond of Jernigan as County Treasurer, and the latter made the Austin National Bank a party. Being held liable to , plaintiff and refused a recovery against the bank, defendants appealed, and on affirmance obtained a writ of error. The statement and opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals, by Key, J., disposed of the assignments relating to issues between plaintiff and defendants as follows: “The defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAMS, Associate Justice.
Plaintiff’s in error were sureties upon the official bond of A. J. Jernigan, former treasurer of Travis County, and, after his death, which occurred on the 31st day of Decomber, 1896, they were sued by the county judge, in behalf of the county, to recover a sum of money for which he had failed to account. The sureties, besides defensive pleadings, filed a petition making E. P. Wilmot'and the Austin national Bank parties to the action, asserting liability on their part to the county for the money sued for, and a right of such sureties to subrogation to the right of…
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