Traweek v. Heard
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. Hubbard. Action by George P. Heard against I. T. Traweek, sheriff, and others, for breach of his bond.
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Appeal from Butler Circuit Court. Tried before Hon. John P. Hubbard. Action by George P. Heard against I. T. Traweek, sheriff, and others, for breach of his bond. The plaintiff alleged the failure on the part of Traweek, as sheriff of Butler county, to faithfully discharge his duties of the office, and assigns as the principle breach that he failed to take a statutory replevy bond from the defendants in the detinue suit brought by the plaintiff in this action, George P. Heard,' against J. ■ H. Hicks et al., as he was required to do by the indorsement made on the summons and complaint by the…
1Opinion of the CourtHaralson, J.
— The indorsement of the clerk on the summons in the case of Geo. P. Heard, (the plaintiff in this case in the court below, v. J. A. Hicks, et at) required the defendant, I. T. Traweek, as sheriff of Butler county, to take the property mentioned in the complaint into his possession, unless the defendant gave bond, payable to the plaintiff, in double the amount of the value of the property, with condition, that if the defendants, were cast in the suit, they would, within thirty days thereafter, deliver the property to the plaintiff, and pay all costs and damages which might accrue from the…
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