County of St. Louis v. Magie

I dissent. The lower court found that the defendant sheriff “duly performed all the duties” of his office, yet as a conclusion of law held that the sheriff was indebted to the county for failure to account for and turn over certain moneys earned but not collected. The only assignment of error is that “the findings of fact do not justify the conclusions of law and a judgment for plaintiff respondent.” Thus there is no settled case nor bill of exceptions, nor was any transcript of the proceedings below brought up. We are bound to presume that the findings had sufficient support in the evidence,…