State ex rel. Burris v. Edmundson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Wear, Judge. The sureties in an official bond are liable for damages done by their principal under “color of office.” State v. Moore, 19 Mo. 370; State v. Powell, 44 Id., 436; Bombeck v. Bombeck, 18 Mo. App. 26; State v. Davis, 88 Mo. 585; 588; State v. Claudius, 1 Mo. App. 551; Brandt on Sur. and Guardians, sec. 566. See, also, Couch v. Davidson, 19 S. Rep.
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Appeal from the Stoddard Circuit Court. — Hon. J. G. Wear, Judge. The sureties in an official bond are liable for damages done by their principal under “color of office.” State v. Moore, 19 Mo. 370; State v. Powell, 44 Id., 436; Bombeck v. Bombeck, 18 Mo. App. 26; State v. Davis, 88 Mo. 585; 588; State v. Claudius, 1 Mo. App. 551; Brandt on Sur. and Guardians, sec. 566. See, also, Couch v. Davidson, 19 S. Rep. (Ala.) 510; Broughton v. Haywood, 61 N. 0. 380; Thomas v. Connelly, 104 Id. 345. The written memorandum under which defendant Edmundson seized and sold relator’s property was “color of…
1Opinion of the CourtBland, P. J.
The petition in this ease is as follows:
“State of Missouri at the relation and to the use of L. Burris, plaintiff, v. P. . C. Edmundson, T. D. Melton, Isaac Harlin, ' James A. Evans, C. T. Walton, J. W. Reed, J. A. Stewart, I. T. Neeley, and W. H. Harty, defendants.
In the Circuit Court of - Stoddard County, Missouri, September Term, 1896, at Bloomfield.
“Plaintiff states that it brings this suit at the relation and to the use of L. Burris, and states that heretofore, the defendant P. C. Edmundson, with the defendants, T. D. Melton, Isaac Harlin, James A. Evans, C. T. Walton, J. W. Reed, J. A.…
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