Sponenbarger v. Lemert
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Neosho District Court. Action brought by Lemert against Sponenbarger as principal, and five other defendants as sureties, on the official bond of Sponenbarger, as constable of Mission township, in Neosho county. Trial at the April Term, 1878, of the district court, and judgment for plaintiff. New trial denied, and defendants bring the case to this court. The facts fully appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.
This was an action brought by B. W. Lemert against V. Sponenbarger as principal, and the other defendants as sureties, on the official bond of Sponenbarger, as constable of Mission township, Neosho county, Kansas. Judgment was rendered in favor of the plaintiff for $83.36 and costs, and the defendants, as plaintiffs in error, now bring the case to this court. As Sponenbarger was the principal defendant in this action, whenever we shall use the word defendant in this opinion we shall mean Sponenbarger. The facts of the case, so far as it is…
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