State v. Poling

Dent, Judge :

The State of West Virginia instituted a suit in the circuit court of Kanawha county on the general bond of James M. Poling, sheriff of Jackson county, to recover the sum of three hundred and twenty-seven dollars and sixty-six cents, with twelve per cent, interest thereon, state taxes for g-eneral purposes, and three thousand two hundred and thirty-four dollars and nine cents state taxes for schoolpurposes. The defendants admitted the right of recovery of the amount for general purposes, but resisted the right of recovery on the bond sued on for the school taxes. The circuit…