Auditor ex rel. State v. Woodruff
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an action of debt, in the name of Elias JV. Conway, Auditor of Public Accounts, for the use of the state, against William E. Woodruff, Chester Ashley, Edward Cross, Thomas Thorn, James De Baun, Jacob Reider, Sam C. Roane, and Peter T. Crutchfield, for the penalty of the official bond of Woodruff, as State Treasurer, given to James S. Conzoay, Governor, and his successors, in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars.
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Error to Pulaski Circuit Court. This was an action of debt, in the name of Elias JV. Conway, Auditor of Public Accounts, for the use of the state, against William E. Woodruff, Chester Ashley, Edward Cross, Thomas Thorn, James De Baun, Jacob Reider, Sam C. Roane, and Peter T. Crutchfield, for the penalty of the official bond of Woodruff, as State Treasurer, given to James S. Conzoay, Governor, and his successors, in the sum of three hundred thousand dollars. The substance of the declaration is stated in the opinion of the court. The action was brought under the act of November 8th, 1836, by…
1Opinion of the CourtRingo, Chief Justice
This is an action of debt, founded on the official bond of the defendant, William E. Woodruff, as the Treasurer of this State, and his securities, against all of whom the plaintiff in error, who was also plaintiff in the Circuit Court, in his official character as Auditor of Public Accounts, declares for the penalty of said bond, with a profert, but without setting forth the conditions thereof; and describes the same as a writing obligatory of the defendants, made by them on the 27th day of October, 1836, bearing date on the same day, and “sealed with their, and each of their, respective…
2Cited by5 opinions
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