Scott v. Caldwell Ex Rel. County of Bay

CHAPMAN, J.:

Millard F. Caldwell, as Governor of Florida, for the use and benefit of Bay County, Florida, filed a bill of complaint in equity against Ezella Scott, the legal representative of John Scott, deceased, who, prior to his death, held the office of Sheriff of Bay County, and Continental Casualty Company, a bondsman of the deceased. The bill of complaint alleged that the deceased, as Sheriff of Bay County, was short in his accounts and had failed to pay over to Bay County certain sums of money received by him as Sheriff as required by law.

The State Auditing Department, it was alleged,…