State ex rel. Brown v. Crow
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Clark Circuit Court. Hon. Abner. A. Stitii, Circuit Judge. That the Court erred in refusing to permit the plaintiff to read in evidence a certified copy of the Sheriff’s bond, also the original, also the order of the County Court, appointing Crow Sheriff, the following authorities are submitted: Outlaw et al. vs. Yell, Gov., 3 Eng. 345; Adams et al. vs. State, use Wallace, 1 Eng. 497; Eng.
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Error to Clark Circuit Court. Hon. Abner. A. Stitii, Circuit Judge. That the Court erred in refusing to permit the plaintiff to read in evidence a certified copy of the Sheriff’s bond, also the original, also the order of the County Court, appointing Crow Sheriff, the following authorities are submitted: Outlaw et al. vs. Yell, Gov., 3 Eng. 345; Adams et al. vs. State, use Wallace, 1 Eng. 497; Eng. Digest chap. 66, sec. 11; Mitchell vs. Gibson et al., 14 Ark. 229; 3 Marsh. 303; 15 Wend. 502. The Court erred in instructing the jury, that if they believe Crow was appointed Sheriff by the County…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice English
This was an action of debt, brought in the name of the State, for the use of Brown & Bean, against Crow, as sheriff of Clark county, and Sloan and Thornton, as his securities. The suit was upon the official bond of Crow.
The substance of the breach of the bond assigned in the declaration is, that under an execution which came to the hands of Crow, as sheriff, he sold the steamboat Arkadclphia, the property of Brown & Bean, for less than two-thirds the appraised value. The case has been in this Court before, and is reported in 6 Eng. 642, where the pleadings and facts, to the time of the first…
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