State Ex Rel. Mullins v. McClung

Kenna, President:

This action of debt was brought in the Circuit Court of Lincoln County by the State of West Virginia at the relation of Eunice Mullins, administratrix of the estate of Dennis S. Mullins, against Henry Albert McClung and the Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York for the purpose of recovering upon McClung’s official bond as a member , of the Department of Public Safety, for the wrongful death of plaintiff’s decedent. From a judgment based upon a verdict for $3,500.00, the full penalty of the bond in question, this writ of error was granted.

The alleged ground of recovery is a…