State ex rel. Buck v. Trout

This action was instituted by the relators upon the official bond executed by Trout, one of the appellees, for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of justice of the peace. The breach assigned is that the said Trout negligently omitted to attest the entry of replevin bail upon a judgment rendered by him as a justice of the peace in relators’ favor, and thereby caused the relators to lose the amount of their judgment. The action is rested upon the theory constructed by the cases of Hougland v. The State, ex rel., 43 Ind. 537, and Fentriss v. The State, ex rel., 44 Ind. 271. These…