Branch v. Davis

This is an action brought by plaintiff against the defendant David L. Davis and the sureties on his official bond for damages for an alleged failure on the part of Davis to perform a duty required of him by law as the probate judge of Randolph county, state of Alabama. On the ninth day of December, 1876, the plaintiff recovered a judgment in this court against the county of Randolph, Alabama, for the sum of $3,691.44, and costs; and thereafter, on the tenth day of August, 1878, at the instance of plaintiff, a writ of mandamus was issued from this court to the commissioner’s court of said…