Damron v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 34 — Proceeding by ti-ie Commonwealth Against Wayne Damron, Sr., to Recover Land Purchased by Plaintiff at Execution Sale — APPEAL FROM BOYLE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. Harrison Combs was under an indictment in the Boyd Circuit Court, and being admitted to bail offered John Combs, Sr., upon his bond.
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Case 34 — Proceeding by ti-ie Commonwealth Against Wayne Damron, Sr., to Recover Land Purchased by Plaintiff at Execution Sale — APPEAL FROM BOYLE CIRCUIT COURT. Judgment for Plaintiff and Defendant Appeals. Harrison Combs was under an indictment in the Boyd Circuit Court, and being admitted to bail offered John Combs, Sr., upon his bond. Upon examination it appeared that he was insolvent and in order to make him a solvent bondman, John Combs, Jr., conveyed to him ,a tract ,of land. It seems from the record that a forfeiture .of the bond was had, ,and ,a judgment, on which an execution was…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion op the court by
CHIEF JUSTICE PAYNTER.
One Harrison Combs was indicted in tbe Boyd1 Circuit Court, and permitted to give bond in the sum of $550. The title to the property here in question ivas in John Combs, Jr. He desired to become surety for his brother Harrison, but the court would not accept him for reasons not necessary here to state.. To make John Combs, Sr., a good' bondsman, he 'conveyed to him the property, reciting in the deed the purposes for which it was conveyed to him. The Circuit Judge would not accept John Combs, Sr., as surety unless there was stated in the deed the…
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