State ex rel. Panola County v. Oliver

Citations

• 78 Miss. 5

Syllabus

<p>1. County Convict' Contractor. Evidence. Receipt to sheriff. Laws 1894, p. 67, secs. 29 and 30; laws 1896, p. 146.</p> <p>The receipts given by a county convict contractor to the sheriff for convicts (under laws 1894, p. 67, sections 29 and 30; as amended, laws 1896, p. 146), are prima facie evidence of the facts recited in them.</p> <p>2. Same. Death of contractor. Liability of rarefies and legal representative.</p> <p>The county convict contractor is a quasi public officer, and his death terminates his contract. His estate and the sureties on his bond are answerable only for defaults occurring in his life, and for failure to redeliver, or tender, the prisoners to the sheriff upon his death.</p>