Harris v. Taylor County
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Taylor County; Thos. L. Blanton, Judge. Action by Taylor County against I. G. Harris and another. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtConneb, C. J.
On February 5, 1912, appellant I. G. Harris, as principal, and appellant W. C. Fisher, as surety, executed a convict bond hiring Melvin Craig, who had theretofore been convicted of a misdemeanor, payable to Thomas A. Bledsoe, county judge of Taylor county, Tex., in the sum of $139.09, conditioned as required by Bevised Statutes 1911, art. 6251. This suit was instituted by Taylor county upon said bond, alleging that it was due and unpaid. The trial resulted in a judgment for the county as prayed for.
[1] One of the material contentions made on the trial below and here is that the bond sued upon…
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