Jones v. Garratt, Chancellor

Petitioner alleges that, unless the chancery court is restrained, it will unlawfully proceed with trial in a cause wherein petitioner is defendant; also, that the court will permit execution to issue on a judgment for $7,132.19 rendered against petitioner in such court.

Transactions prompting the petition are these: John E. Jones has for many years been circuit clerk of Garland county. It. was claimed on behalf of the county that certain fees and commissions collected by Jones in 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934 and 1935, had not been fully accounted for. Suit to surcharge the clerk’s settlements was,…