State v. Baker

Citations

• 47 Miss. 88

Syllabus

<p>1. Statute construed — art. 6* p. 332, Key. Code 1857 — penalty op statute not recoverable on official bond. — A suit does not lie under article 6, p. 332, Key. Code of 1857, against the clerk and sureties on his official bond, for the penalty prescribed by the statute, but may be maintained for the damage actually sustained, which may be more or less than the sum of one thousand dollars; or suit may be brought against the clerk individually for the prescribed penalty.</p>