State Ex Rel. City of Beckley v. Roberts

Lovins, Judge:

This action in debt was brought in the Circuit Court of Raleigh County by the State of West Virginia for the use and benefit of the City of Beckley against William Thomas Roberts and The Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, to recover for the alleged breach of the condition of Roberts’ bond, given at the time he was appointed a patrolman by the municipal authorities of said city. The trial resulted in a verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $2,261.70. Judgment for that amount was rendered by the trial court, to which this writ of error was awarded.

Roberts, after taking a civil…