State ex rel. Board of Education v. Hill
West Virginia Supreme Court
Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Wood, rendered on the 29th day of January, J879, in a suit at law, wherein the State of West Virginia for the use of The Board of Education of Volcano District «vas plaintiff, and W. J. Hill and others were defendants, allowed upon thepetition of said defendants. Hon. Gideon D. Camden, special judge, rendered the judgment complained of.
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Writ of error and supersedeas to a judgment of the circuit court of the county of Wood, rendered on the 29th day of January, J879, in a suit at law, wherein the State of West Virginia for the use of The Board of Education of Volcano District «vas plaintiff, and W. J. Hill and others were defendants, allowed upon thepetition of said defendants. Hon. Gideon D. Camden, special judge, rendered the judgment complained of. Green, President, furnishes the following statement of the case: In February, 1879, the State of West Virginia, who sued for the use of the Board of Education of Volcano, brought…
1Opinion of the Court
GreeN, PRESIDENT,
announced the opinion of the Court:
The sole question presented in different forms by this record is: Were the sureties of W. J. Hill, sheriff of Wood county, elected such on the 22d day of August, 1872, for the term of four years commencing on January 1, 1873, responsible for the school-taxes of 1876, collected by him and not paid over, upon a bond dated October 25, 1872, conditioned, that he should faithfully discharge the duties of his said office of sheriff of Wood county, which bond was approved on said October 22, 1872, by George Loomis, judge of the ninth judicial…
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