Saville v. School District No. 27
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Marshall District Court. Action brought on a school - district treasurer’s bond, given to School District No. 27, of Marshall county, dated' April 18, 1873, to recover a balance alleged to be due to the district. Moses Saville was the treasurer, and the principal-on the bond, and John L. Freeland and Henry Knowllon were the sureties.
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Error from Marshall District Court. Action brought on a school - district treasurer’s bond, given to School District No. 27, of Marshall county, dated' April 18, 1873, to recover a balance alleged to be due to the district. Moses Saville was the treasurer, and the principal-on the bond, and John L. Freeland and Henry Knowllon were the sureties. Trial was had by the court, with a jury, at the December Term of the district court of said county for 1875. The jury returned a verdict in favor of the school district for $116.21, and afterward judgment was rendered against Saville for this sum,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
Upon the trial of this case in the district court, the plaintiff in the court below (the defendant in error here) offered íd evidence, to support the issues in its behalf, the treasurer’s boob of said School District No. 27, kept during the term of Saville as such treasurer, and also a report submitted by him at the annual meeting of the school district in 1874. Upon this evidence it was claimed that the teachers’’ fund account showed a balance due from Saville as such treasurer. Upon the part of the defense, Saville testified that he was…
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