STATE v. MORANT

No. 28877.

266 S.W.2d 723 (1954)

STATE ex rel. MOORE et al. v. MORANT et al.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

May 18, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Silas E. Garner, St. Louis, for appellants.

Lynch & McMillian, Alphonse J. Lynch, Curtis C. Crawford, St. Louis, for respondents.


HOUSER, Commissioner.

This is an action for damages against a constable and the surety on his official bond for making a false return. A trial jury rendered a verdict for relators for $1,250. From the judgment rendered thereon defendants have perfected their appeal to this court.

The petition alleged as a breach of the condition of the bond that in a suit wherein Curry's Clothing Company was plaintiff and relators were defendants a summons was issued directed...

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