Chapman v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Alexander Scott seems to have acted as sheriff of the county of Caroline in 1869, under military appointment. On the 11th of April 1870, he was appointed by the County court, sheriff of said county, to continue in office until his successor should be regularly elected and qualified, and he executed his official bond with sureties, and took the oath of office; and John H. James, who was elected sheriff of the county in November 1870, having failed to give bond and qualify,…
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Alexander Scott seems to have acted as sheriff of the county of Caroline in 1869, under military appointment. On the 11th of April 1870, he was appointed by the County court, sheriff of said county, to continue in office until his successor should be regularly elected and qualified, and he executed his official bond with sureties, and took the oath of office; and John H. James, who was elected sheriff of the county in November 1870, having failed to give bond and qualify, Scott continued to be sheriff, and acted as such, until the 1st of January 1872. On the 13th of February 1871, the County…
1Opinion of the Court
MONCURE, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
This is a supersedeas to a judgment of the Circuit court of the city of Richmond in favor of the commonwealth against the plaintiffs in error, Alexander *Scott and others, for $3,318.31, bal-anee of the land, property and capitation taxes of the year 1870, due from the said Alexander Scott, late collector of taxes, &c., for Caroline county, with interest, damages and costs.
The judgment was recovered by motion on a bond of the said plaintiffs in error, the said Scott and his sureties, dated the 13th day of February 1871, in the sum of $30,000,…
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