Burk v. County of Galveston

HENRY, Associate Justice.

This suit was brought by the county of Galveston against W. J. Burk, a former treasurer of the county, and the sureties on his official bond, to recover for a conversion of funds belonging to the county available school fund, said fund being composed in part of apportionments of the State available school fund apportioned to Galveston County by the State Board of Education, and in part of the interest upon the invested proceeds of the lands granted to said county by the State for public school purposes.

The bond sued on is conditioned as follows:

“Now, therefore, if…