Norris v. State ex rel. Derton's adr.

In this suit judgment was given against James Norris and Joseph P. Dean, who appealed therefrom.

The action was brought upon a sheriff’s bond, which is in the usual form, in which Norris is principal, and Dean and others are securities; and the complaint of the declaration is, that an execution issued from, the office of the clerk of the Circuit Court of Ashley county, in favor of Philip Derton, against Thomas Thompson and Frances Thompson, which was in the hands of Norris, the sheriff of the county, while the bond sued on was in force; that it was the duty of Norris to have returned the…