Hogg's Adm'r v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Stanley, Commissioner

Reversing.

Doyle Hogg was sheriff of Letcher County for the terra ending with 1941, and thereafter continued as special tax collector of the unpaid bills remaining in his, possession until June 1, 1942. Section 4135, Kentucky Statutes, now Kentucky Revised Statutes, 134.210. He died January 31, 1943.

On September 22, 1943, this suit was filed as a common-law action in the name of the Commonwealth, for the use and benefit of Letcher County and the school districts against Hogg’s administrator and sureties on his several bonds, charging that during…