People v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Fourth District;—heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Jackson county; the Hon. W. W. Duncan, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Farmer
The People of the State of Illinois, for the use of Mary Bothman, Sarah Landau, the City National Bank and the First National Bank of Murphysboro, Illinois, brought an action of debt in the circuit court of Jackson county against appellants, James W. Brown, former county clerk of Jackson county, and the Title Guaranty and Surety Company, the surety on his official bond as such county clerk, to recover as damages $5000, the amount of said bond. The declaration alleges the election of Brown as county clerk, the giving of said bond, its approval by the proper officers, the recital of the bond…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Buck v. County of HamiltonIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
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