Legal Opinion
Henderson County v. Richardson
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided March 20, 1897PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Appeal from Henderson. Tried below before Hon. J. R. Burnett.
1Opinion of the Court
RAINEY, Associate Justice.
This suit- was brought by Henderson County against appellees, who were sureties on the official bonds of W. R. Dickerson, county judge of said county. There were two separate bonds, the condition of one being, in effect, that he would faithfully discharge his duties and pay over all moneys to the proper authorities that might be collected by him as county judge; the condition of the other was as prescribed in article 3737, Sayles’ Statutes, for the faithful performance of his duties.
The allegations of the petition show that by virtue of an order passed by the…
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