District Township v. Morris
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Crawford District Court. — Hon. Charles-D. Cold smith, Judge. Action against a school treasurer and the sureties on his bond for an alleged balance due the district. Trial to court. Judgment for plaintiff. Defendants-appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtKinne, J.
I. On the third Monday of September, 1890, defendant Morris was elected treasurer of plaintiff, and on the twenty-third of said month duly qualified as such officer by the execution and delivery to plaintiff of a bond containing the usual conditions, and which was signed by the other defendants as sureties. It is claimed that at the termination of his term of office he was owing plaintiff, as such treasurer, the sum of two thousand, two hundred and ninety-six dollars and *199twenty-eight cents, which he failed and refused to account for and turn over to his successor in office. The answer of the…
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