State Use Union County v. Harman.

Three separate suits were instituted by the appellant against John W. Harman, sheriff and ex-officio collector of Union County, and against the sureties on his bond as sheriff and the sureties on his bond as collector to recover the amount of fees he had collected for taking care of federal prisoners and automotive vehicle license fees for the years 1930, 1931 and 1932. These cases were consolidated for trial by order of the court and were all tried under No. 5332.

To the complaints as originally filed and as amended, the sureties on the collector’s bond demurred on the theory that the…