State v. Young
Supreme Court of Minnesota
This act was brought, in the district court for Sibley county, agaiust the defendant Young, as principal, and the defendants Lorenz Wolf, Louis Cramer, and Thomas Welch, as sureties, upon the official bond of the defendant Young, as county treasurer of that county.
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This act was brought, in the district court for Sibley county, agaiust the defendant Young, as principal, and the defendants Lorenz Wolf, Louis Cramer, and Thomas Welch, as sureties, upon the official bond of the defendant Young, as county treasurer of that county. It was alleged in the complaint that, during the term of office for which the bond was given, the defendant Young, as county treasurer, received, and failed to account for and pay over according to law, the sum of $3,524.22, taxes levied and collected for state purposes ; the sum of $1,710, received as principal of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Mitchell, J.1
Upon the agreed statement of facts in this case there are two questions of hrw to bo passed upon : First, whether the instrument declared on ever was a valid bond? Second, if it was, did its obligation extend to those moneys received by Young on account of purchase-money of school and university lands?
The defendants urge that the instrument in question never had any force as against them ; because : (1) When signed and sealed by them it did not express any penal ■sum, and this was afterwards inserted at the direction of the board of county commissioners, without authority; ■ and…
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