Cummins v. Ballard County Court

Opinion by

Judge Pryor :

In a former opinion rendered in this case the court (through Judge Pryor) was evidently mistaken in the statement that Owens had been twice sheriff of the county of Ballard, and, as remarked by counsel, had no more to do with the “collection of the county levy for the years 1865 and 1866 than Alexander Selkirk had with the building of Solomon’s Temple.” The court was misled by the various settlements made of his accounts as collector for the year 1863 and 1864, those settlements running from October, 1863, until October, 1867. The sheriff made nine settlements, showing…