Brown v. Sneed
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Travis. Tried below before Hon. A. S. Walker. This was a suit by ex-Comptroller Brown against Sneed, Ms chief clerk," and his sureties to fix liability of the defendants upon their bond, which was the official bond of said chief clerk. Suit was filed January 14,1887, and alleged that judgment had been rendered at suit of the State against plaintiff as Comptroller and Ms sureties for an alleged deficit in the tax department in said office.
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Appeal from Travis. Tried below before Hon. A. S. Walker. This was a suit by ex-Comptroller Brown against Sneed, Ms chief clerk," and his sureties to fix liability of the defendants upon their bond, which was the official bond of said chief clerk. Suit was filed January 14,1887, and alleged that judgment had been rendered at suit of the State against plaintiff as Comptroller and Ms sureties for an alleged deficit in the tax department in said office. It was alleged that Sneed as chief clerk had charge of the tax department. The district attorney in behalf of the State intervened. The…
1Opinion of the Court
HOBBY, Judge.—
The questions most material in this case are: First. Does the statute of limitation of four years run against the State, under our laws, in a suit on the official bond of the chief clerk of the Comptroller’s Office? Second. Can additional duties be assumed by or devolved on said clerk other than those named in the statute or not incidental thereto, so as to extend the liabilities of the sureties? And this involves the question whether the pleadings in this case show that such additional duties were assumed by or imposed on him. Third. If said sureties are *474released from liability…
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