Miller v. Wisener

Brannon, President:

Charles H. Miller was sheriff of Berkeley County for a term of four years, commencing 1st of January, 1889, and had in his hands taxes against Wisener for 1889, 1890, 1891, and 1892. The legislature passed chapter 23, Acts 1893, providing that a sheriff of a former term should have power of distress for taxes unpaid, and gave the party whose property might be levied on the right to give a forthcoming bond, such as might be given in case of the levy of a 'fieri facias or distress warrant, and provided that such bond should be returned to the clerk’s office of the circuit…