City of Rochester v. McDowell
New York Supreme Court
Appeal from special term, Monroe county. Action by the city of Rochester against Simon Y. McDowell and others. A bill of particulars was ordered, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtCorlett, J.
On the 8th day of March, 1887, the defendant John A. Davis .was elected treasurer of the city of Rochester for the term of two years, which .commenced on the 1st day of April. Davis, as principal, and the other defendants, as sureties, executed a bond to the plaintiff in the penal sum of $50,000, the condition of which was, in substance, that the treasurer would faithfully discharge and perform all the duties of Ills office. Davis was elected ;to succeed himself in March, 1889, and executed, with the same sureties, a like bond. Davis, as treasurer, was in default, and misappropriated moneys…
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