State v. Green
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie chancery court of Lincoln county. Hon. G. G. Lyell, Chancellor. Bill by the state of Mississippi, for use of Lincoln county against Edgar Green, county superintendent and others. From a decree dismissing the bill, plaintiff appeals. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
The state of Mississippi, for the use of Lincoln county, exhibited its bill of complaint against Edgar Green, coun*33ty superintendent of education, and the United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, surety on his official bond, seeking to recover large sums of money for the alleged failure of this officer to perform the duties of his office, constituting what the bill avers to be a breach of the bond. The action is instituted by and through H. Y. Wall, the district attorney, and is based on several grounds or ■causes of complaint. Appellees, as defendants in the •court below, filed special…
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