Board of Commissioners v. Munger
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from, Harvey District Court. Action upon the official bond of defendant Munger, as county treasurer; and the cause having been remanded by this court to the court below for further proceedings, the plaintiff, on the 15th day of August, 1879, with leave of the court, filed an amended petition, setting out among other things, that the defendant, Geo.
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Error from, Harvey District Court. Action upon the official bond of defendant Munger, as county treasurer; and the cause having been remanded by this court to the court below for further proceedings, the plaintiff, on the 15th day of August, 1879, with leave of the court, filed an amended petition, setting out among other things, that the defendant, Geo. D. Munger, was, on the 5th day of November, 1872, elected to the office of county treasurer of Harvey county, Kansas; that he immediately entered upon the performance of the duties of the office; and that, being required so to do, he did, on…
1Opinion of the Court
*208The opinion of the court was. delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
The bond upon which suit was brought, as ■shown by the record, was executed Oct. 25th, 1873, by George D. Munger and bis sureties, to the state of Kansas, conditioned for the honest and faithful discharge of the official duties of .said Munger, as treasurer of Harvey county, in collecting and paying over all moneys, according to law, that should come into his hands by virtue of his office.
The first question presented for our consideration is, whether the board of county commissioners is authorized to maintain an action against the county…
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