Cook v. Commissioners
Supreme Court of Georgia
Equity. Master. Auditor. Practice in the Superior Court. Time. Constitutional law. Jury. Statute of limitations. Before Judge Crisp. Houston Superior Court. November Adjourned Term, 1877. For the facts of this case, see the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
McCutchen, Judge.
On the 15th day of September, 1873, a bill in equity was filed in the Houston superior court by the ordinary of that county against John R. Cook. Pending this suit, a board of commissioners of roads and revenues having been established for said county, they, as such commissioners, were made complainants instead of the ordinary. The object of the bill was to recover, in behalf of the county, numerous sums of money, amounting in the aggregate to $17,276.00, which the bill charges had been drawn by said Cook, while acting as sheriff of Houston county, from the treasury of said…
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