The Georgia Cracker v. Hesters

The Georgia Cracker, a corporation, owning and publishing a weekly newspaper in Hazlehurst, Jeff Davis County, Georgia, the same being the official organ of said county, brought suit against George W. Hesters as sheriff of said county and the National Surety Corporation as surety on the sheriff’s official bond. The petition, so far as here -pertinent, alleged substantially as follows : That said sheriff made a contract with the plaintiff to publish certain tax sales advertisements under the provisions of the law governing the same and at the legal rate for advertising as fixed by Code, §…