Fatheree v. Williams

NEILL, Associate Justice.

— This suit was brought by appellant against the appellee, J. M. Williams, sheriff of Zavalla County, and the other appellees as sureties on his official bond. A general demurrer and special exceptions were sustained to the petition, and, appellant declining to amend, the judgment was rendered against him from which he appeals.

The petition, after averring the election and qualification of Mr. Williams as sheriff, and the execution of his official bond by himself as principal and his co-appellees as sureties, alleges, substantially: That on the 10th day of May, 1895,…