Giessman v. County Commissioners

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment for the defendant on plaintiff’s refusal to plead further after a demurrer to his replication was sustained.

Suit was brought on the common counts in assumpsit, which were later limited by a bill of particulars. The declaration, thus limited, alleges in substance that: When George Giessman, plaintiff’s father, was Treasurer of Garrett County, the County Commissioners issued 109 orders, some in 1918, some in 1919, to creditors of the County for sums to be paid by the Treasurer. These orders were never presented to “Giessman as Treasurer to pay,…