Boyd v. Bell

Collard, Judge.

Boyd & Boyd, plaintiffs below, and one Sibley, were bankers in Goliad; George W. Bell, as sheriff, and as such collector of taxes in Goliad county, deposited the taxes as he collected them with their bank. On July 2, 1882, he found he was in arrears with the State on his tax account; to cover the deficit he borrowed a sum from the bank and gave them a joint and several note of himself and C. Von Dohlen, W. C. Biggs and C. H. Baker, for eight hundred and fifty dollars. Sibley drew out of the bank, leaving Boyd & Boyd the only members of the firm, Who, by the terms of…