Case Name: Akers and Others v. The State on the relation of Kent and Another
Court: Supreme Court of Indiana
Jurisdiction: Indiana
Decision Date: 1857-01-21
Citations: 8 Ind. 484
Docket Number: 
Parties: Akers and Others v. The State on the relation of Kent and Another.
Judges: 
Reporter: Indiana Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 484–485

Head Matter:
Akers and Others v. The State on the relation of Kent and Another.
A sheriff holds till his successor is elected and qualified.
Where a sheriff’s official bond is conditioned for the performance of the duties of the office till a successor is elected and qualified, the liability of his sureties continues till that event.
Quaere, whether it would not continue without such condition.
APPEAL from the Floyd Circuit Court.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Suit against a sheriff and his sureties on his official bond.
Judgment for the plaintiffs.
It is said two paragraphs of the answer were not replied to; but they set up no defense. The issues tried embraced the merits of the whole case; and no ground appears for the reversal of the judgment. See Tuley v. The State, 1 Ind. R. 500, and The State v. Porter, 7 id. 204. A sheriff holds till his successor is elected and qualified. The bond sued on was conditioned for the discharge of duties till a successor was elected and qualified, and, hence, continued the liability of sureties till that event, even if it otherwise would not have done so, a point we do not decide.
B. Crawford, for the appellants.
D. C. Chipman and T. L. Smith, for the State.
The judgment below is affirmed with costs.