Bland v. Orr

GAINES, Chief Justice.

Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District have certified for our decision the following question:

“The appellant, as treasurer of J ones County, by reason of the failure of the bank where he kept the county funds deposited, was a defaulter to the county for the sum of about $2800, which he was unable to pay. It does not appear whether the amount could have been made by execution off the sureties on his official bond or not. The Commissioners Court of the county, by an order duly made and entered, purported. to purchase, and thereupon accepted a deed of conveyance…