Cooper v. People ex rel. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The title of this case below was “The People of the State of Colorado, for the use of the board of county commissioners of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, plaintiff, v. Matt Adams, Job A. Cooper and Charles L. McIntosh, defendants.”
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Appeal from the District Court of Arapahoe County. The title of this case below was “The People of the State of Colorado, for the use of the board of county commissioners of the County of Arapahoe, in the State of Colorado, plaintiff, v. Matt Adams, Job A. Cooper and Charles L. McIntosh, defendants.” The object of the action was to recover the penalty of the official bond of Matt Adams, as clerk of the district court, for that he misappropriated certain witness fees, jury fees, fines and fees collected by him, aggregating about $4,000. Cooper and McIntosh were sureties on the bond. There was…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Campbell
The propositions upon which appellants rely to reverse the judgment, and which they contend should have operated to dismiss the action are:
First: The bond upon which the action is based is not a *90statutory bond.
• Second: It is not a good common law bond; that is, it is invalid.
Third: I£ the bond is a valid common law bond, nevertheless, under its conditions, the plaintiff in this case cannot recover.
Fourth: The court erred in admitting evidence to establish the misappropriation charged.
The particular objections which appellants urge will more clearly appear as we proceed with the discussion.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Airy v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1895
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Colorado · 1881
- Fellows v. GilmanNew York Supreme Court · 1830
- Skellinger v. YendesNew York Supreme Court · 1834
- People v. SlocumIdaho Supreme Court · 1866
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- Bell v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1933
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