City of Brookfield v. McCollum

The city of Brookfield filed this suit, in the Circuit Court of Linn County, at Brookfield, against Walter McCollum, as principal, and C.M. Hopper, A.G. Rogers, W.S. Johnson, Peter Kiel, C.E. Hunter, W.H. Johnson, C.E. Hoagland, J.M. Turner, V.Q. Johnson, E.J. Faut, Edward Hubbard and Harry Markham, as sureties, on the official bond of McCollum, as city treasurer, in the sum of $50,000, alleging the breach of said bond, by reason of McCollum's failure to turn over to his successor in office certain city funds in the sum of $23,707.83, and seeking the recovery of said sum, together with…