Reed v. Summers
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lamar. Tried before the lion.. S. H. Sprott. This was a summary proceeding, by notice and motion, in the name of B. F. Reed, as county superintendent of education of Lamar county, against W. A. Young, as administrator of the estate of J. M. I. Guyton, deceased, who was ,the former county superintendent, and against A. A. Summers and others, sureties on the official bond of said Guyton as such superintendent ; and was* commenced on the 24th…
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Lamar. Tried before the lion.. S. H. Sprott. This was a summary proceeding, by notice and motion, in the name of B. F. Reed, as county superintendent of education of Lamar county, against W. A. Young, as administrator of the estate of J. M. I. Guyton, deceased, who was ,the former county superintendent, and against A. A. Summers and others, sureties on the official bond of said Guyton as such superintendent ; and was* commenced on the 24th February, 1883. All of tbe defendants were served with process, and all of them appeared. At the return term of the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, C. J.
J. M. I. Guyton was appointed county superintendent of education for Lamar county, and in November, 1881, executed a bond as such superintendent, with the appellees in this case as his sureties. The appointment was for two years. — Code of 1876, § 916. Guyton died before the two years expired, and Reed was appointed his successor; The present suit was instituted by Reed, the successor, in February, 1883, before the two years expired; and its purpose is to recover for an alleged default, or deficiency in Guyton’s ac*524count as superintendent. The proceeding was by motion and notice, and claimed a…
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