Gage County v. Wright

This appeal and Gage County v. Wright, p. 436, post, which we have just decided, are companion cases, and differ in law and fact upon one proposition only. This action was brought to recover from the defendants the sum of $2,200, money alleged to have been unlawfully retained by defendant Wright as treasurer of Gage county for the payment of cleric hire. The county had judgment in the district court for $261.75, and, being dissatisfied with the amount of the recovery, has brought the case here by appeal.

It appears that defendant Wright was the treasurer of Gage county for a second term of two…