King County v. Whittlesey
Washington Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for King county, Wilmon Tucker, Esq., judge pro tempore, entered August 2, 1904, upon ' granting a nonsuit, after a trial before the court without a jury, dismissing an action upon an official bond.
1Opinion of the CourtMount, J.
This action was brought by King county against C. F. Whittlesey, ex-county treasurer of the county, and the sureties on his official bond, to recover an alleged shortage of funds during his first term as treasurer. The shortage was alleged at $28,004.94. The case was tried to a judge pro tempore, without the intervention of a jury. After the county had introduced its evidence and rested its case, the defendants moved the court for a nonsuit. This motion was granted, upon the ground that the evidence of a shortage was “incorrect and unreliable in such a multitude of particulars that it could…
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