Holbrook v. Combs, Ex-Sheriff

Opinion of the Court by

Chief Justice Clay—

Reversing.

J. S. Holbrook and W. Gr. Holbrook brought this action against James Combs,,ex-sheriff of Letcher county, M. T. Reynolds, the present sheriff of Letcher county, S. P. Combs, clerk of the Letcher circuit court, the commonwealth of Kentucky, and A. O. Stump, commonwealth’s attorney, to enjoin the collection of a sale bond and the levy of an execution issued thereon. A demurrer was sustained to the petition, and the petition was dismissed. Plaintiffs appeal.

The facts pleaded are, in brief, as follows: On July 31, 1925, the clerk of the Letcher…