Buckley v. Jenkins
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 7 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL PROM OLDHAM CIRCUIT' COURT. CITED Revised Statutes, chap. 63, art. 4, sec. 9. Act of 1796, 2 M. & B. 1139. 3 Bibb, 269, Ormsby v. Letcher. 2 Marsh. 22, Sneed v. Hall. 8 Bush, 689, Poston v. Smith’s ex’r.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hardin
The appellee was commissioned as sheriff of Henry Comity in January, 1851, for a term of two years, and thereupon appointed the appellant Buckley his deputy, who executed to his principal a bond for the faithful discharge of his duties. The appellee again became sheriff for the years 1853-54, and again appointed the appellant his deputy, but without taking any bond of indemnity from him. On the 16th of March, 1868, the appellee brought this action against Buckley and his sureties, alleging that he had acted as deputy sheriff for the years 1851, 1852, and 1853, and of the state revenue and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ormsby v. LetcherCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1814
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