Steinberg v. Cox

This bill was filed by the widow and children of Arthur Clouston, who died on June 30, 1918, against W. M. Cox, former clerk and master of the Chancery Court of Shelby County, and the American Surety Company, the surety on his official bonds, and Marx & Bensdorf, Inc., seeking to recover the sum of $2,000 and interest from February, 1932.

The bill, as amended, in effect charges that the clerk and master, having in his hands $10,000 under an order of the court which required him to let certain funds out at interest and pay the interest over to Ida Steinberg during her life, and hold the…