Allen v. State

This action was commenced in the District Court of Barton County, Kansas, by the State of Kansas, to recover from the plaintiffs in error and one D. B. Jones the amount due by reason of the wrongful conduct of said D. B. Jones while county clerk of said Barton County. The plaintiffs in error were sureties upon the official bond of said Jones.

The petition alleges that the county commissioners of Barton County, Kansas, made orders that the said D. B. Jones, as county clerk, draw orders or scrip on the county treasurer of Barton County for the amounts allowed by them to certain persons ; that in…