Cedar Rapids, Iowa Falls & Northwestern Railway Co. v. Cowan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Hardin District Court. — Hon. J. H. Henderson, Judge. Action on the official bond of P. J. Cowan, to recover an amount of money collected by him as treasurer of Hardin county, -and alleged to have been appropriated to his own use. There was a trial by jury, and a verdict and judgment for plaintiff. The defendants appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
Defendant P. J. Cowan was treasurer of -Hardin county for the term of two years, commencing in January, 1882. During his term of office he collected the money in controversy as treasurer. It was the proceeds of taxes voted to aid plaintiff in the construction of a railway, by virtue of chapter 123, Acts of Sixteenth General Assembly. Plaintiff, in December, 1883, drew a draft on Cowan as treasurer for the sum of twelve hundred dollars. It is shown that more than the amount of the draft had then been collected by Cowan for plaintiff, which had not been paid to it. The chief controversy in the…
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