State ex rel. Paulsen v. McKay

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is an action against a former county treasurer and the surety on her bond. The trial court sustained a demurrer to the petition. Plaintiff has appealed. The principal legal question presented is the application of the statute of limitations.

The petition, filed September 30, 1933, in the name of the state, on the relation of the county attorney, alleged in substance that at *277the general election in 1926 the defendant, Minnie McKay, was elected county treasurer of Cloud county; that she duly qualified and entered upon the duties of that…