City of Chicago v. Wolf
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. On July 21, 1897, in the circuit court of Cook county, the city of Chicago commenced this action in debt against Adam Wolf, as principal, and other persons as his sureties on the official bond of said Wolf as treasurer of the said city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Cook county; the Hon. Elbridge Hanecy, Judge, presiding. On July 21, 1897, in the circuit court of Cook county, the city of Chicago commenced this action in debt against Adam Wolf, as principal, and other persons as his sureties on the official bond of said Wolf as treasurer of the said city of Chicago. On a demurrer filed by appellees to certain pleadings of the appellant the circuit court decided the issues raised in favor of the defendants and against the city and entered judgment accordingly at the May term, 1898. The city then moved for an order setting…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
Wolf retained twenty-five per cent of the interest collected on the city funds as a part of his compensation, under an act which became effective July i, 1893, (Laws of 1893, p. 136,) and which has been repealed since his term of office expired, but which, when in force, provided:
“That the State Treasurer and every county, city, township, school and park treasurer, and every other custodian of public funds, who shall be hereafter elected or appointed and qualified, shall, at the end of each fiscal year account for interest on the daily balances of the funds from time to time in his custody,…
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