Ridgway v. Moody's Administrator
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 106 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEALS FROM HENRY CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The sureties in the bond executed in 1887 were only liable for the acts of the sheriff for one year from the date of the execution of the bond. (Gen. Stats., chap. 100, sec. 3; Idem, sec. 25; Rev. Stats., vol. 2, page 344, see. 25; Eletcher v. Leight, 4 Bush, 303; Ketler v. Thompson, 13 Bush,1i87: Moss v. State, 10 Mo, 338; s. c., 47 Am. Dec., 116; County of Wapello v. Bigham, 10 Iowa, 39; s. c., 79 Am.
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Case 106 — PETITION ORDINARY — APPEALS FROM HENRY CIRCUIT COURT. 1. The sureties in the bond executed in 1887 were only liable for the acts of the sheriff for one year from the date of the execution of the bond. (Gen. Stats., chap. 100, sec. 3; Idem, sec. 25; Rev. Stats., vol. 2, page 344, see. 25; Eletcher v. Leight, 4 Bush, 303; Ketler v. Thompson, 13 Bush,1i87: Moss v. State, 10 Mo, 338; s. c., 47 Am. Dec., 116; County of Wapello v. Bigham, 10 Iowa, 39; s. c., 79 Am. Dec., 370; Mayor, &c., v. Crowell, 29 Am. Rep., 225; Mayor of Rahway v. Crowell, 11 Vroom, N. J., 207; s. c., 29 Am. Rep.,…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE LEWIS
delivered the opinion of the court.
Appellee brought this action against appellants, sheriff and sureties in his official bond, to recover under section 5, article 17, chapter 88, General Statutes, which provides, in substance that “any sheriff * in whose hands writ of execution is placed to do execution *583thereof, who fails to return the same to the office whence it issued for thirty days after the.return day of the same, without reasonable excuse for such failure, shall, with his sureties, * * be liable jointly or severally to the plaintiff in such execution for the amount thereof,…
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