Jones v. Howard

Opinion of the Court by

Commissioner Hobson

Affirming.

M. W. Howard was the clerk of the Harlan circuit court during the year 1919, and at the April term of the court in that year judgments were rendered in favor of the Commonwealth v. Adams Express Company, amounting to $5,182.00. The express company appealed from the judgments, which were later affirmed by this court. When the mandate was issued Howard had ceased to be circuit clerk and had been succeeded by F. M. Jones. Jones as clerk filed the mandate, issued 'executions on the judgments, which were paid, and he remitted the money to the…