Colorado County v. Beethe
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. This was a suit by Colorado county against William Beethe, the treasurer of said county, and his sureties, for $530.45, funds of said county collected, and which he refused to pay over.
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Appeal from Colorado. Tried below before the Hon. Livingston Lindsay. This was a suit by Colorado county against William Beethe, the treasurer of said county, and his sureties, for $530.45, funds of said county collected, and which he refused to pay over. Defendant pleaded that he had paid out said amount as county treasurer upon drafts on.him as treasurer, drawn by the district judge, which drafts so paid were legal charges against the county, but they had been disallowed by the County Court in his settlement. A jury was waived, and judgment was rendered for defendants, and the plaintiff on…
1Opinion of the Court
Ireland, Associate Justice.
On the 21st day of July, 1870, the Legislature passed an act (Paschal’s Dig., art. 6044) on the subject of county liabilities, the 4th section of which is in these words:
‘ ‘ The county treasurers of the several counties shall register in a book to be kept for that purpose all claims of whatever nature outstanding against their counties respectively, with the date and amount of each claim, and the name of the payee and holder of the same, and shall num*449her them on the register, noting on the back of each claim the date of presentation and the number of the claim; and…
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