McFarlane v. Howell

GAINES, Chief Justice.

The following question has been certified for our determination by the Court of Civil Appeals for the First Supreme Judicial District:

“Appellee, as County Judge of Jasper County for the use of the county, sued appellant McFarlane, as principal, and W. C. Price and G. W. Smyth, as sureties on an instrument in writing declared on as the official bond of McFarlane, given as treasurer of the county, for the security of the school fund, under art. 921, Rev. Stats., and payable to the County Judge of said county, to recover a sum of money belonging to such school fund, which…