Taylor v. LaFollette
West Virginia Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Kanawha County. Application of C. W. Taylor, slieriíf, for writ of mandamus against L. M. La Follette, auditor. Writ granted, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
McWhorter, Judge:
K. J. Keadle was elected sheriff of Mingo County for the regular term of the office beginning January 1, 1897, gave bond and qualified and assumed the duties of said office and afterwards being thereto required by the county court of his county executed an additional bond under which bond said Keadle proceeded to receive and collect the tax, money, and levies of the year 1898, due the State and county, and thereby became legally indebted to the said county of Mingo and to the Auditor for the State, and the county court of said county deeming it proper to require still another…
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