Donley v. Wiggins
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Cherokee. Tried below before the Hon. E. S. Walker. This was a proceeding originally begun by the administrator of the estate of Frank M. Taylor against William P. Long, former sheriff, and his securities, on the 15th July, 1867. The suit was for clerk’s costs collected and not accounted for between August, 1858, and August, I860, The opinion states all the material facts.
1Opinion of the Court
Mabry, Special Judge.*
This is a suit brought by James M. Wiggins, as the administrator of the estate of F. M. Taylor, deceased, to recover of W. T. Long, as sheriff', and the sureties on his official bond, money alleged to have been collected by said sheriff under executions, which he failed to pay on demand. The statement of facts is quite meagre, and the assignment of errors is general, and does not point out specifically the errors complained of. The case was tried by the court below, a jury having been waived, and a judgment rendered for the plaintiff for the sum of $1,224.28. There is no…
2Cited by1 opinion
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