Barbur v. Courtright
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
In Error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon; Charles E. Wolverton, Judge. Action at law by Morris E- Courtright against A. L,. Barbur, J. M. Hurlburt, and the First National Bank of Portland. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the Court
ROSS, Circuit Judge,
[ 1 ] At the times here in question the plaintiffs in error Barbur and Hurlburt were, respectively, the duly elected, qualified, and acting auditor of the city of Portland, Or., and sheriff of Multnomah county, of that state, and the other plaintiff in error *729one of the banks of Portland. The action was brought against them in the court below for the alleged unlawful conversion of the aggregate amount of $3,014.64; the complaint containing seven counts, each alleging in substance the sale of certain property by the city of Portland to one H. M. Courtright for unpaid and…
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