County of Mecklenburg v. Beales
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgmtent of the Circuit Court of Mecklenburg county in an action of debt on the official bond of Beales, treasurer. Judgment for the defendants. Plaintiff assigns error.
1Opinion of the CourtBuchanan, J.
This i's an action on the bond of a county treasurer to recover from him and his surety money chargeable to the treasurer on account of the general county levy, the general county road fund and the county dog tax, aggregating some twenty thousand dollars, lost by the insolvency of the Bank of Mecklenburg, in which he had deposited the same.
The defense relied on, in substance, is that in depositing the said public or county funds in that bank he was doing what his predecessors in office for many years had done, with the knowledge and at least implied approval of the county authorities; that…
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