Colyer v. Higgins
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 4 — PETITION ORDINARY cited 1 Rev.. Stat., p. 493; 3 B. Mon., 325; 4 Bill, 228;, 5 Litt., 43; 2 J. J. Mar., 36; 2 Met... 511;. 1 Litt., 144-5; 1 B. Mon., 212; 2 Rev.. Stai.,p. 340.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE BUELITT
delivered the opinion of the court:
This is an action against Colyer, the sheriff of Rockcastle county, and- his sureties, upon an official bond executed on the 3d January, 1853, to recover the amount of an execution placed in his bands, and thirty per cent, damages for bis failure to return the same for thirty days after the return day thereof. A judgment was rendered accordingly against the-defendants, from which they appeal.
In our opinion, the plaintiffs have not shown a right to maintain an action upon said bond.
The petition states, that, in the year Í852, an execution in…
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