Bank of Hickory v. May

Citations

• 119 Miss. 239
• 80 So. 704

Syllabus

<p>Limitations of Actions. Penal statute. Amercement of sheriff.</p> <p>A motion against a sheriff on his official bond under Code of 1906, section 4670 (Hemingway’s Code, section 3087), for default in failing to return an execution, is. a suit for a penalty on a penal statute and must be commenced within one year next after the offense was committed.</p>