Reno v. Tyson

This was a suit by the appellee, against Majunsy Oldham, and Reno, the appellant, as bis surety, on the *57original bond of the former, as executor of Archibald Oldham, deceased, andwhohadbeen removedformalfeasance in office. Several breaches of the bond are assigned in the complaint; the third of which is, in substance, as follows: That Oldham, as executor of the estate of Archibald Oldham, deceased, collected on the sale bill of the personal property the sum of four hundred dollars; that at the October term, 1859, of the Court of Common Pleas of Ripley county, he procured an order to sell…