School District No. 12 v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hutchison, J.:

This action is by school district No. 12, Ottawa county, against the county treasurer and board of county commissioners of Ottawa county, to recover something more than $7,700, alleged to be in the hands of the county treasurer, belonging to the plaintiff school district. The answer of the defendants was a general denial and allegations of having overpaid the plaintiff school dis*529trict in the sum of $1,246.64, and the answer concluded with the prayer for the recovery of that amount from the school district.

The failure of the Minneapolis…