Board of County Commissioners v. Beauchamp

Opinion of the court by

Pancoast, J.:

This action was originally brought in the district court of Garfield county by the plaintiff in error against the defendant in error. '-The petition is in nineteen counts. The action was brought to recover certain sums which it is claimed were due from the defendant in error that he received as probate judge of Garfield county and had not paid into the county treasury.

It is alleged that the defendant became probate judge of Garfield county on January 2nd, 1899, and held the office continuously until the 20th day of May, 1902; that he fraudulently…