People v. Brown
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an original suit in this court, by the State, against Aristus Brown, Clark W. Upton, Moses Evans and Lorenzo Hinkston, as sureties, upon the official bond of Walter W. Hastings, sheriff of Lake county. The case was submitted upon an agreed state of facts.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Breese
This is an original suit in this court, by the people, against the sureties of the sheriff of Lake county, on his official bond, a defalcation by the sheriff in paying over a portion of the State revenue collected by him being alleged in the declaration.
Formal pleadings were waived by the parties, and a decision sought upon an agreed state of facts, which brings up the question, and it is the only question in the case: Can the mistake of the Auditor of Public Accounts, in stating the account of the sheriff, by which the defendants were prevented from obtaining indemnity from the sheriff, be…
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