County School Board v. A. J. Farish's Adm'r
Supreme Court of Virginia
Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, pronounced May 16, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein appellant was the complainant, and the appellees and others were the defendants.
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Appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, pronounced May 16, 1895, in a suit in chancery wherein appellant was the complainant, and the appellees and others were the defendants. This was a suit in chancery brought by the County School Board of Albemarle county against the personal representative of A. J. Farish, deceased, who had been treasurer of the county for a number of terms, and against the sureties on his several official bonds, for the settlement of his estate and of his accounts, as treasurer, of the school funds of the county. The several school districts of the…
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, J.
This is an appeal from a decree of the Circuit Court of Albemarle county, entered at its May term, 1895, dismissing, on demurrer, the original and amended bills filed by the appellant, for multifariousness.
These bills were filed by the County School Board of Albemarle county, alleging that A. J. Farish had been treasurer of Albemarle county, by virtue of successive elections, for a period of twenty years; that after each election he qualified, and gave bond with sureties, as required by law ; that the said Farish had failed to account for more than $25,000 belonging to the county school fund,…
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