Incorporated Town of Conway v. Conway
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Taylor District Court. — H. K. Evans, Judge. Action by the incorporated town of Conway and its treasurer against a former treasurer and the sureties on his bond, for the funds of said town not accounted for. The sureties on the bond answered, and, among other things, interposed a plea in abatement.
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Appeal from Taylor District Court. — H. K. Evans, Judge. Action by the incorporated town of Conway and its treasurer against a former treasurer and the sureties on his bond, for the funds of said town not accounted for. The sureties on the bond answered, and, among other things, interposed a plea in abatement. Later, they asked that the receiver of the Conway Savings Bank, in which the moneys had been deposited, be made a party defendant, and then, by cross-petition, prayed that the claim, less dividends paid by the receiver, be established as a preferred claim. Judgment was entered against…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
iiaMRyESoh ofays' i»rferred deposits. — W. A. Conway was appointed treasurer of the incorporated town of Conway, April 20, 1916, and thereafter duly qualified as such. His official bond as such treasurer, in the sum of $1,500, was signed by Henry Burge and Oliver Anderson, as sureties. The funds coming into his hands were deposited with the Conway Savings Bank in the name of the “town of Conway.” On April 20, 1918, demand was made by the town and by his successor as treasurer, for all moneys of the town received by him and not paid out on warrants as treasurer. At the time this money was…
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