Mudd v. Rogers

This suit was instituted by the plaintiff, as one of the sureties of the defendant, Harrison Pagers, Sheriff of the parish of St. Landry, to compel the defendant to indemnify the plaintiff as such surety.

It appears that on the 23d day of May, 1848, the Sheriff and his sureties signed the official bond in favor of the Governor of the State, for the collection of the State taxes, of the year 1846, for the parish of St. Landry.

For a balance of the taxes of 1846, amounting to $8,484 74, as well as for the years of 1849 and 1860, (also for large amounts,) the Sheriff was reported by the Auditor in…