Commissioners of Jackson County v. Craft
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. B. S. Craft was elected treasurer of Jackson county for the term of two years, commencing on the second Monday of January, 1864, and for which he qualified and served. The other defendants, Wayant, Franklin, Smith, Cruzan, and Wheeler, were sureties in Craft’s official bond.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. B. S. Craft was elected treasurer of Jackson county for the term of two years, commencing on the second Monday of January, 1864, and for which he qualified and served. The other defendants, Wayant, Franklin, Smith, Cruzan, and Wheeler, were sureties in Craft’s official bond. Craft made settlements as treasurer, with the Board of County Commissioners of Jackson county, July 6th, 1864, and July 20th, 1865, and a final settlement on the 22d of January, 1866; on such final settlement a balance of $53.09 was found in favor of Craft, for which sum a county warrant…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
1. Evidence, wit-’ This is a petition in error to reverse an order of the district court of Shawnee county, setting aside the report of the referee. The action x was brought by the plaintiffs in error on the official bond of R S. Craft, Treasurer of Jackson county. The other defendants were the sureties of said Craft. The case was referred; a trial was had before the referee, and during the trial the defendant took a number of exceptions to the ruling of the referee.
Jacob Iiixon, the chairman of the board of commissioners of Jackson…
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