Forest County v. Poppy

The following opinions were filed May 3, 1927:

Crownhart, J.

Before approaching the question involved on this appeal it may be well to state the general principles of law governing the duties of public officers charged with the care of public funds.

*276This court has uniformly held public officials to a strict fulfilment of their official duties. Good public policy requires that this rule be maintained in all its essentials.

In an early case in this court, Crocker v. Brown County, 35 Wis. 284, it was said that public officials take their offices cum onere, that is, they take them with all the…