Otey v. Westerman

Mr. Presiding Justice Edwards

delivered the opinion of the court.

This proceeding originated in the circuit court of Crawford county, upon a bill filed by Harry E. Otey and others, sureties upon the official bond óf Austin I. Westerman, treasurer of School Township Number 7, North, Eange 12, West, in Crawford county, for an accounting of the amount of liability of Westerman, as such township treasurer, growing out of his defalcations in such official capacity, to adjudge the amount which the solvent sureties should pay, and to decree that any amount adjudicated against Westerman, under his…