American National Red Cross v. Young

This is a suit for an accounting brought by the American National Red Cross against the officers of the Julian Branch and School District No. 82. The dispute is over a certain fund, $1,000 of which the district spent for improvements of its property. The district court entered a judgment for the defendants, and the plaintiff appeals.

The school district admits receiving $1,000 during 1926 from a fund raised during wartime, but contends that the fund was raised by a group of local citizens, and did not belong to the American National Red Cross. The school district also claims that more than…