American Surety Co. of New York v. Cross

HICKMAN, Chief Justice.

This suit was instituted-by appellee, as district clerk of Jones county, for himself and other officers of the court against appellant, as surety bn a dost bond in another case in said court, to recover the costs incurred therein. The ease in which the costs accrued'was dismissed for want of prosecution prior to the institution of this suit, and the plaintiff in that -case,- who was the principal on- the bond signed by appellant, was actually and notoriously insolvent when this suit was instituted and tried.

Appellant’s name was signed to the bond in this manner:…