Title Guaranty & Surety Co. v. Commonwealth

Opiston of the Court by

Judge Settle

Affirming..

Hiram Smedley, after several years’ service as a deputy in that office, was, in November, 1905, duly elected clerk of the McCracken County Court for a term of four years, beginning with the first Monday in January, 1906. On that day he took the necessary oath and executed the required official bond with the appellant, The Title Guaranty and Surety Company as surety, which bond was approved by the McCracken County Court.

On February 6th, 1909, eleven months before the term for which he had been elected county clerk, expired, Smedley resigned the…