Legal Opinion
City of Chicago v. Southern Surety Co.
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided March 2, 1926No. Gen. No. 30,254PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Matchett
delivered the opinion of the court.
The plaintiff brought an action in debt on the bond given by Age Zylstra as collector of the City of Chicago. The defendant filed certain pleas to which a demurrer was sustained, and electing to stand by its pleas, judgment was entered in favor of the City of Chicago for the amount of the bond, with damages assessed at $81,000.
The breach assigned was that on January 1, 1922, Zylstra had in his hands by virtue of his office the sum of $96,840.06, which it was his duty to immediately turn over, which he failed to do.
The pleas…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- People ex rel. Akin v. LoefflerIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
- Estate of Ramsay v. People ex rel. Southern Illinois PenitentiaryIllinois Supreme Court · 1902
- Smythe v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- People v. McGrathIllinois Supreme Court · 1917
- Cooper v. People ex rel. Madison CountyIllinois Supreme Court · 1877
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3Cited by6 opinions
- County of Placer v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.California Supreme Court · 1958
- Citizens Bank v. American Surety Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1932
- Union Bank & Trust Co. v. County of Los AngelesCalifornia Supreme Court · 1938
- Omaha National Bank v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1927
- County of Placer v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co.California Supreme Court · 1958
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