State Ex Rel. Doty v. Styke

This opinion relates to two cases in which appeals have been perfected from two decrees rendered by the chancery court of Greene County against the defendant, Q. N. Styke, and the sureties on his official bonds as sheriff of said county.

Separate records and briefs have been filed in each case, but the records are practically the same and identical questions are raised. Therefore, the two cases are disposed of in the one opinion.

In one of the cases Greene County sues the defendant and his sureties under the general salary law for alleged fees collected by the defendant Styke during his term of…