Pocahontas County v. Carlson

Plaintiffs in an equity action sought to recover from defendant J. F. Carlson, former county treasurer of Pocahontas County, Iowa, and the surety on his official bond the sum of $827.88. The plaintiffs in their petition claim that at the time Carlson turned over to his successor the funds then on hand there was a deficit in his accounts in the amount previously mentioned. It is claimed that certain sums of money had been erroneously paid or credited by Carlson as treasurer in connection with warrants issued by reason of drainage construction work and that an overdraft thereby resulted in the…