Martin v. Buffaloe.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
ActioN by B. E. Martin and J. 0. Elythe against W. H. Buffaloe, M. L. T. Davis, J. M. Elytbe and E. P. Buxton, executors of S. N. Buxton, beard by Judge W. A. Holce and a jury, at Spring Term, 1899, of tbe Superior Court of NORTHAMPTON County. Erom a judgment for tbe plaintiffs, tbe defendants appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClaric, J.
Tbe principle applying to actions against obli-gors upon indemnifying bonds is tbus stated in Murfree on Sheriffs, section 634: “Tbe genral rule is that when a Sheriff has committed a trespass in seizing property not subject to
bis process, tbe claimant may proceed against bim and bis sureties on bis official bond, or against tbe obligors on bis bond of indemnity, if be bas taken one, tbe latter being regarded as a cumulative security and tbe plaintiff (in tbe execution) and bis sureties having rendered themselves liable as co-trespassers by its execution * * *. Tbe claimant may, at bis…
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