Gosso v. Riddell

This is a suit instituted by the plaintiff as a taxpayer of Polk County, for himself and others similarly situated, to recover for the County of Polk certain sums of money alleged to have been illegally drawn from the treasury of Polk County by the defendant while acting as County Commissioner of Polk County. During that period of time defendant Riddell drew various warrants based upon his voucher, for per diem, the sum of $1,130, and, as mileage, the further sum of $786. There is no dispute that this sum was paid to the several defendants by warrants drawn upon the treasurer by the County…