Thompson v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Attala county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, judge. On the 2d day of October, A. D. 1854, Benjamin McCary was appointed “ commissioner of swamp lands,” for Attala county, in pursuance of the Act of 1822 (Session Laws, 33, et seq.). On the 5th day of October, he gave bond and security, in the penalty of $50,000, payable to the State, subject to the following conditions, viz. :— “ The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the above bound…
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Attala county. Hon. E. Gr. Henry, judge. On the 2d day of October, A. D. 1854, Benjamin McCary was appointed “ commissioner of swamp lands,” for Attala county, in pursuance of the Act of 1822 (Session Laws, 33, et seq.). On the 5th day of October, he gave bond and security, in the penalty of $50,000, payable to the State, subject to the following conditions, viz. :— “ The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the above bound Benjamin McCary was, on the 2d day of October, A. D. 1854, appointed by the board of police of Attala county, in said…
1Opinion of the CourtHandy, J.
This action was brought on a bond given by Benjamin McCary, as a commissioner of swamp and overflowed lands for Attala county, appointed by the board of police of that county, under the Act of 16th March, 1852, chapter 14, seeking to recover from him and the sureties on his bond, the amount of certain moneys and land scrip received by McCary, as such commissioner, and which he had not accounted for.
The declaration shows, that, besides other funds received by McCary as commissioner, he received in June, 1857, scrip amounting to one thousand acres, worth five hundred dollars, and in July, 1857,…
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