Board of Education v. Parsons

JOHNSON, PRESIDENT:

The plaintiff gave the defendants a notice in these words:

“To "Ward'Parsons, late sheriff of the county of Tucker, State of West Virginia, and S. B. Wamsley and S. W. Bowman his sureties upon the school bond of said sheriff.

“Gentlemen — Whereas you, Ward Parsons, was on the — day of-, 1876, duly elected, and on the — day of-, 1876, duly declared elected to the office of sheriff, of the county of Tucker, State of West Virginia, for the term of office commencing January 1, 1877, and ending December 31, 1880. And you, Ward Parsons, as such sheriff elect, on the — day of-,…