Legal Opinion

State ex rel. St. Louis County v. Bonner

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided December 18, 1877PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The action was properly brought to the use of the county. — Maupin v. Parker, 3 Mo. 310 ; Payne v. St. Louis County, 8 Mo. 475 ; Veal v. Chariton County, 15 Mo. 412; Marion County v. Moffett, 15 Mo. 604 ; The State, etc., v. Dent, 18 Mo. 313 ; Kennett v. Cole County, 13 Mo. 139 ; Ray County v. Bently, 43 Mo. 242; Board of Education v. Boyd, 58 Mo. 279 ; Washington County v. Boyd, 64 Mo. 179. cited: Wag.

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1Opinion of the CourtBakewell, J.

This was a suit against the sureties on the official bond of William H. Heath. The amended petition states that the title to the school-fund of St. Louis County, and the various townships thereof, is by law vested in the county of St. Louis, for the purpose of managing, distributing, and appropriating the same according to law; that in August, 1871, Heath was duly elected auditor of said county, and, with defendants as sureties, executed to the plaintiff a bond in the sum of $12,000, conditioned that said Heath “shall well and faithfully demean himself in his office, and perform all the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

Wilson v. Kansas City, St. Joseph & Council Bluffs RailroadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1875
Marion County v. MoffettSupreme Court of Missouri · 1852
Payne v. St. Louis CountySupreme Court of Missouri · 1844
Vest v. GreenSupreme Court of Missouri · 1833

3Cited by3 opinions

Cravens v. New York Life InsuranceSupreme Court of Missouri · 1899
State ex rel. Bell v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1911
Browning v. PowersSupreme Court of Missouri · 1898