Legal Opinion
Coons v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Decided January 15, 1875PublishedCited by 20 opinions
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Clark county; the Hon. O. L. Davis, Judge, presiding. This was an action of debt, by the People of the State of Illinois, for the use of the board of supervisors of Clark county, against William H. Coons, and others, the sureties of said Coons, upon his bond as collector. The material facts of the case are stated An the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It appears that appellant Coons, on the 10th day of April, 1865, entered into bond, with the other appellants, as collector of a bounty tax levied in Clark county. The bond, as executed, has this condition:
“ The condition of the foregoing bond is such, that if the above bound William H. Coons shall perform all the duties required to be performed by him as collector of the bounty taxes for the year 1864, in the time and manner prescribed by law; and when he shall be succeeded in office, shall surrender and deliver over to his successor in office all books, papers and moneys belonging to said…
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