Kagay v. Trustees of Schools

This was an action of debt, brought in the name of the trustees of schools of township number eight north, of range six east, in Effingham county, Illinois, against the treasurer of the township and his surety, on the official bond of the former, for a breach of official duty in failing to pay over money in his hands as such treasurer, to his successor in office.

Judgment was rendered in the court below against the defendants, and they appealed.

The defendants below moved to quash the writ because it claimed no sum as debt, whereupon the court allowed the writ to be amended on a cross-motion by…