Cullom v. Dolloff
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; the Hon. Chauncey L. Higbee, presiding Justice, and Hon. Oliver L. Davis and Hon. Lyman Lacey, Justices. On appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding.
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District; the Hon. Chauncey L. Higbee, presiding Justice, and Hon. Oliver L. Davis and Hon. Lyman Lacey, Justices. On appeal from the Circuit Court of McLean county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, brought in the name of Shelby M. Cullom, Governor of the State of Illinois, for the use of McLean county, against Samuel F. Dolloff and others, his sureties, upon the official bond of Dolloff as clerk of the circuit court of McLean county. It appears that, on the application of the sureties, the clerk was required to…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
Appellee, Dolloff, was elected to the office of clerk of the circuit court of McLean county at the general election in 1872, for four years. He entered upon the duties of the office on the first day of December of that year, having executed the bond required by the statute, and upon which this suit was brought. It is conditioned that he shall faithfully perform- the duties of the office and deliver up the papers, etc., appertaining thereto when lawfully required.
Prior to the election, the board of supervisors, on the 12th day of September, 1872, had fixed the compensation of the circuit clerk…
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