State v. Hill
Nebraska Supreme Court
Original action in the supreme court to recover from defendants upon the official bond of John E. Hill for his second term as state treasurer, the sum of $236,364.62. There was a trial to a jury, resulting in a verdict for defendants. Heard on motion of the state for a new trial and on motion of defendants for judgment on the verdict.
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Original action in the supreme court to recover from defendants upon the official bond of John E. Hill for his second term as state treasurer, the sum of $236,364.62. There was a trial to a jury, resulting in a verdict for defendants. Heard on motion of the state for a new trial and on motion of defendants for judgment on the verdict. Omitting the justifications of the sureties, the bond upon which the action is based and the oath of-, office attached thereto are as follows, the italicized words in the bond being in the handwriting of John E. Hill, whose signature does not appear at the end…
1Opinion of the Court
Evan, C.
This action was brought in this court upon the bond of J. E. Hill, formerly treasurer of this state,. *480as it was held in Re Petition of Attorney General, 40 Neb., 402, might properly be done. The general verdict of the jury was in favor of the defendants, and upon plaintiff’s motion for a new trial, and upon defendants’ motion for judgment upon a special verdict also found by the jury, the questions hereinafter considered have been presented in argument. In the consideration of these questions it may be of some use to refer to the case of State v. Hill, 38 Neb., 698, in which an…
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