Bastrop County v. Hearn

Maltbie, Presiding Judge Commission of Appeals.

In the year 1883, Bastrop county, by virtue of an act of the Legislature, approved the eleventh day of February, 1881, issued bonds to the amount of thirty thousand dollars for the purpose of building a court house. The bonds were sold at par soon after *565their issuance and the proceeds were disbursed by the county judge of that county under an order of the commissioners court during the years 1883 and 1884. At the time of the reception and disbursement of this fund the appellee, John Hearn, was the duly elected, qualified and acting county…