Hatcher v. State of Texas

Mr. Judge SMEDLEY

delivered the opinion of the Commission of Appeals, Section B.

The nature of the case is thus correctly stated in the carefully considered opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals by Chief Justice McClendon:

“The state, upon the relation of the trustees of several common school districts in Lamar county, sued W. Gregory Hatcher, and his surety (American Surety Company of New York) upon his official bond as state treasurer for negligent failure to collect a certified check and bank draft which had been remitted to him in his official capacity to pay off certain bonds issued by the…