Culver v. Caldwell
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the 'Circuit Court of Bullock. Tried before Hon. A. A. Evans. ' This was an action by G. M. Hanson against I. F. Culver to recover damages for breach of contract. Upon the death of the plaintiff the suit was revived in the name of Caldwell as bis administrator.
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Appeal from the 'Circuit Court of Bullock. Tried before Hon. A. A. Evans. ' This was an action by G. M. Hanson against I. F. Culver to recover damages for breach of contract. Upon the death of the plaintiff the suit was revived in the name of Caldwell as bis administrator. Tbe complaint was in three counts, as follows: “Count 1. — The plaintiff claims of the defendant the sum of $2,000, for this, to-wit: That heretofore, to-wit, on the 3d day of August, 1896, the defendant was elected Commissioner of Agriculture of the State of Alabama for the term of two years, beginning on the 1st day of…
1Opinion of the CourtSharpe, J.
G-. M. Hanson brought this suit and herein Avill be referred to- as plaintiff. After obtaining judgment he died, and the appeal is taken as againsi the administrator of his estate.
Plaintiff and another Avere sureties on the official bond of the chief clerk of the Department of Agriculture, and defendant was' Commissioner of Agriculture. The chief clerk difed and shortly thereafter the examiner of public accounts entered upon an examination of accounts in the Department of Agriculture and incidentally upon the investigation then had, plaintiff’s co-surety paid the State through defendant…
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