Mercer County v. Roberts

Plaintiffs sue the defendants on three causes of action. The pleadings, findings, and orders ignore any right or claim on the part of the plaintiff, Paul Leupp. All through the record reference is made simply to the plaintiff, Mercer county; hence when we use the term plaintiff we mean Mercer county only.

The defendant H. J. Roberts was the treasurer of Mercer county for the period between May 2, 1921, and December 31, 1924, and the defendant state bonding fund was the surety on his official bonds — the bonds being in the sum of $50,000 for each term. These bonds had the usual conditions and…