Benton v. State Ex Rel. Pruet

The plaintiffs in error will hereafter be referred to as the defendants, and the defendants ■ in error will be referred to as the plaintiffs, as they appeared in the trial court.

Allegations of tlie petition are, in brief, that the defendant Benton, from and after the first of July, 1929, was the duly qualified, elected, and acting county treasurer of Jefferson county; that as such officer he made, kept, and maintained a deposit of funds coming into his hands as said county treasurer in the First State Bank of King-ling, Okla., and that on April 13, 1931, said bank was by the bank examiner of…