Orndorff v. El Paso County

This suit was instituted by El Paso county, Tex., and Miriam A. Ferguson, Governor of the state of Texas, against Seth B. Orndorff, sheriff of El Paso county, Tex., and Lee H. Orndorff, Charles De Groff, and H. P. Jacks on, sureties upon his official bond, to recover of the defendant, Seth B. Orndorff, certain moneys alleged to have been received by him from the United States of America as turnkey fees for the commitment and discharge of certain prisoners committed to his charge by officers of the United States on behalf of the United States, and for other sums of money paid to the said Seth…