Trustees of Village of Bath v. McBride

By stipulation of the parties trial by jury was waived and the above cases tried and submitted to the court together.

In March, 1912, the defendant McBride was elected treasurer of the village of Bath, and thereafter took and filed his official oath together with the two under*621takings which have become the subject of this litigation. His predecessor in office was one Charles L. Davison, by whom the funds of the village had been deposited in what was known as the George W. Hallock Bank, where, at the expiration of his term of office, a very considerable balance remained to his credit. At about…