Barnett v. National Surety Corp.

This is an action in the circuit court of Warren County in this state by the appellant Barnett against the National Surety Corporation, surety on the official bond of H. G-. Davis, Sheriff of Pickens County, Alabama, to recover damages for a tort committed by the Sheriff in Pickens County, in seizing as contraband certain property belonging to Barnett. The cause is here on the pleadings alone, therefore, the facts are unquestioned. The court below rendered final judgment in favor of the Surety Company dismissing the cause. From that judgment Barnett prosecutes this appeal.

The sole question in…