Watts v. Colquitt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Sheriffs. Principal and surety. Evidence. Practice in the Supreme Court. Before Judge Hood. Stewart Superior Court. October Term, 1880. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
JACICSON, Chief Justice.
This suit is brought on a sheriff’s bond against the administrator of the sheriff and the sureties on his official bond. The breach set out in. the declaration, is the failure of the sheriff to pay over certain moneys collected by him on a certain fi. fa. in his hands. That the money was collected by the sheriff is not denied, and that on a money rule against him to pay it over, a rule absolute and attachment was issued and still it was not paid by the sheriff, are also admitted facts.
That the sheriff is liable is therefore clear, and that fact is not contested. The…
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