County of Sanilac v. Burgess

Defendant Guy H. Burgess was treasurer of the township of Marion, Sanilac county, in 1926 and 1927, and defendant company was surety on his bond to the county. This suit was brought by the county of Sanilac to recover State and county tax money collected by the township treasurer in 1926 and 1927 and not paid over to the county treasurer. The township treasurer defends on the ground that he deposited the tax money in a bank designated by the township board in 1910 as the proper depository, and the money sued for by the county was so on deposit when the bank failed on January 5, 1927. The…