Prothro & Kendall v. Orr
Supreme Court of Georgia
Debt, on Sheriff’s bond, in Pike Superior Court. Tried before Judge Stark. This was an action of debt brought by Prothro & Kendall, against Matthew Orr'and his securities, upon the official bond of Orr, as Sheriff of Pike County, for money alleged to have been collected by him on a fi. fa. in favor of Prothro and Kendall, against one Joseph B. Askew.
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Debt, on Sheriff’s bond, in Pike Superior Court. Tried before Judge Stark. This was an action of debt brought by Prothro & Kendall, against Matthew Orr'and his securities, upon the official bond of Orr, as Sheriff of Pike County, for money alleged to have been collected by him on a fi. fa. in favor of Prothro and Kendall, against one Joseph B. Askew. The defendants, among other things, pleaded a former recovery upon the said bond, by Reuben Brown, to the amount of the damages sustained by Brown, in consequence of Orr having collected and failed to pay over money on certain fi.fas. placed in…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court.
Lumpkin, J.
delivering the opinion.
This is an action of debt, brought by the Governor, &c. for the use of George Prothro and Elisha Kendall, against Matthew Orr, the late Sheriff of Pike County, and his securities on his bond, for an alleged default, in failing to pay over money collected for the plaintiffs, on a fi. fa. at their instance, against one Joseph B. Askew.
To this action, the defendants pleaded, among other things, that the instrument sued on was not a statutory, but a Common Law bond, because the same was not made and delivered within thirty' days from the time of the…
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