SMITH v. STATE


250 S.W.2d 55 (1952)

SMITH et al. v. STATE ex rel. THOMAS.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 7, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert G. Jeter, Allen J. Strawbridge and Homer W. Bradberry, King Webb, James M. Glasgow and Cayce L. Pentecost, Dresden, for appellants.

Harper & Gallimore, Martin, Harry E. Jones, Dresden, for appellees.


TOMLINSON, Justice.

This is a suit instituted in the name of the State on the relation of the County Judge of Weakley County for the use and benefit of the State and County. Its purpose is to recover from the sureties on the official bonds of Shobe Smith, Jr., as Weakley County Court Clerk, an alleged shortage of $13,103.82. In an excellently prepared opinion, which has been of much assistance to this Court, the Chancellor overruled the separate demurrers of various...

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