Swift v. Trustees of Schools

This is an action of debt, brought in the circuit court of Sangamon county by the appellees, against the appellants, on the bond of W. E. Swift, treasurer of said township, which bond is in the statutory form. Defendants filed a plea of nil débet, also a special plea, in which it is averred that the defendant W. E. Swift, being then and there a farmer, and unable, therefore, to keep the moneys of said township in his possession in safety, as such treasurer deposited the moneys of said township which came into his hands as such treasurer in the Bank of Waverly; that the Bank of Waverly was a…