Shields v. Hightower

The original bill was filed by sureties on the official bond of a tax collector to enforce, by way of subrogation, the lien of the state and county on the lands owned by the principal during his incumbency in office, to reimburse sureties for amounts paid by reason of the default of the principal. The respondents are the principal and vendees and subvendees of such lands.

The equity of the bill was sustained by this court on appeal from decree on demurrer. Yarbrough v. Hightower, 211 Ala. 262, 100 So. 126.

The present appellants, subvendees, filed a cross-bill to which complainants interposed…