King v. Board of Commissioners

King, the appellant, as it appears from the evidence, was, on the 12th day of October, 1862, elected treasurer of Fountain county, and served as such until the 25th day of August, 1867. During the term of his office, he received and disbursed as treasurer the sum of two hundred and fifty thousand eight hundred and forty dollars and fifty-four cents, on account of a fund called the County Volunteer Fund of said county, being moneys appropriated by the board of commissioners in aid of volunteering • for the army of the United States, during the war of the rebellion.

The case was tried before the…