Brown v. Lattimore
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fifteenth District. Suit against defendant Lattimore, as Treasurer of Butte county, and the sureties on his official bond, to recover damages for breach of the conditions of the bond.
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Appeal from the Fifteenth District. Suit against defendant Lattimore, as Treasurer of Butte county, and the sureties on his official bond, to recover damages for breach of the conditions of the bond. Lattimore was elected Treasurer in September, 1857, and gave bond, and entered upon the duties of his office on the first Monday of October following—his term of office, according to the law then in force, being two years from that date, and until his successor was elected and qualified. The Legislature, in April, 1859, changed the time when County Treasurers should enter on the duties of their…
1Opinion of the CourtCope, J.
Field, C. J. and Baldwin, J. concurring.
At the general election in 1857, defendant Lattimore was elected Treasurer of Butte county, and entered upon the discharge of his duties on the first Monday in October of that year. His term of office was two years; but in 1859, the Legislature extended the term to the first Monday in January, 1860. The only bond given by him was executed at the commencment of the term; and the question is, whether the sureties upon this bond are responsible for his official conduct during the time for which the term was extended. The bond, as originally executed, bound…
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