Johr v. Board of Supervisors
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to St. Clair. Assumpsit under special counts against the sureties on an official bond. Defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtGraves, J.
At the fall election of 1864 Johr was elected treasurer of St. Clair county for two years from the first day of the ensuing January, and on the 31st of December he gave his official bond, the other plaintiffs in error joining as sureties.
This instrument following the act of 1859 (Sess. L., 1859, p. 96) was made to the board of supervisors and not in terms to the county.
He also gave a bond to the Auditor General under the statute (Comp. L., § 1063). In the course of his term he made large sales for delinquent taxes, but failed to pay over between seven and eight thousand dollars, and the…
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