State Ex Rel. Brown v. Spangler

Riley, Judge:

This action in debt was brought in the name of the State of West Virginia for the use and benefit of Leo James Brown (hereinafter designated as plaintiff) against George 0. Spangler, principal, and the Fidelity and Casualty Company of New York, surety, on a bond for the faithful performance, by the principal, of his duties as town sergeant of the town of Ridgeley. To a judgment for plaintiff in. the amount of $1,000.00, based upon a jury verdict, the surety prosecutes error.

The declaration alleges, among other things, that Spangler was appointed and qualified as chief of police…