Raleigh County Court v. Cottle
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Raleigh. County. Action by the County Court of Raleigh County against C. V. Cottle and others. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
Lynch, President:
Against defendants, the principal and sureties on the last one of the four bonds executed by C. Y. Cottle, who in 1908 was elected sheriff of Ealeigh county for the term beginning January 1, 1909, the county court upon motion'and a directed verdict obtained the judgment of which complaint is made on this writ of error. The first bond was executed December 21, 1908; the second November 9, 1910; the third April 11, 1911, and the fourth November 25, 1911. In each one of them the conditions are, but the sureties are not, the same.
The defendants appeared specially to move and did…
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