McCormick v. Thompson
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court of Sarpy county. Tried, below before Savage, J. cited Bit-mars v. Commonwealth, 47 Penn. State, 835. Commonwealth v. Kendig, 2 Penn. State, 448. Warren County v. Warren, 21 Iowa, 84. People v. Treadway, ■17 Mich., 480. cited Latham v, Brown-, 16 Iowa, 118. Stevens v. Breatheven,Wright, 735. Commonwealth v. Ken-dig, 2 Penn. State, 448. , ■
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
This was an action against the defendants as sureties on the official bond of one Thompson, a justice of the peace, for moneys claimed to have been collected by him in his official capacity.
It appears from the testimony that H. R. Could was the general agent of the plaintiffs, and Llewellyn was a sub-agent under Could. That some time in the latter part of 1876 Llewellyn left with Thompson certain notes of the plaintiff's. In the spring following Mr. Could called on Thompson, and took his receipt for the notes, of which receipt the following is a copy:
*485“ I have in my charge for collection and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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