Board of Commissioners v. McKittrick

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Thiele, J.:

This is an appeal from an order overruling a demurrer.

On March 13, 1930, Mary McKittrick, appellant, was register •of deeds of Montgomery county. She had collected about $1,200 of fees due the county and had deposited the same in the Commercial State Bank of Independence, pending her quarterly settlement with the county. On March 13, 1930, the bank failed. Later a settlement of the bank’s affairs was made and defendant collected part of her deposit, and on March 9, 1932, she had paid the county treasurer $713.74, leaving her indebted' for a…