Southern Surety Co. v. Hidalgo County

Mr. Judge TAYLOR

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

In April, 1929, O. T. Liles, one of the defendants in error, became County Auditor of Hidalgo County. Bond was fur nished by Southern Surety Company of New York, the other defendant in error, in the sum of $5000, conditioned that O. T. Liles would faithfully perform and discharge all duties required of him by law as County Auditor. At that time Brooks County was indebted to Hidalgo County in the sum of $5560. On September 28, 1929, the County Clerk of Brooks County, acting under an order of the Commissioners’ Court…