State Ex Rel. Attorney General v. Taylor

The court below made a finding of fact in which it is recited that, during the year 1930, School District No. 12 of Newton County, known also as Western Grove School District, issued various school warrants. The validity of these warrants is not questioned. Upon presentation for payment to the county treasurer, the warrants were not paid on account of lack of funds in the treasury to the credit of the district. But they were all registered as provided in §§ 8980 and 8981, Crawford & Moses’ Digest, and were so registered during the year 1930. Section 8980 required the county treasurer to-keep…