State ex rel. Planet Property & Financial Co. v. Harrington

This is an action for damages on the official bond of the defendant Harrington, as sheriff of the city of St. Louis. The breach of the bond was based on the alleged failure or refusal to execute a writ of restitution in an ejectment suit.

The case was heretofore before this court (41 Mo. App. 439) on the plaintiff’s appeal. The facts are there stated fully. The circuit court on the first trial found the issues for the relator, but was of the opinion that it was only entitled to nominal damages. We affirmed the judgm'ent in so far as it sustained the relator’s right of recovery, but we reversed…