Board of County Commissioners v. Gray
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Action in tbe district court for Eenville county by tbe board of county commissioners of Eenville county against Finley A. Gray and Joseph A. Beard, copartners as tbe Bank of Fairfax, and others. Tbe jury rendered a verdict for $1,876,16 against defendants Gray, Beard, Martin D. Brown, Henry Hauser, Horatio Werring and Matthew Welter, and in favor of tbe other defendants.
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Action in tbe district court for Eenville county by tbe board of county commissioners of Eenville county against Finley A. Gray and Joseph A. Beard, copartners as tbe Bank of Fairfax, and others. Tbe jury rendered a verdict for $1,876,16 against defendants Gray, Beard, Martin D. Brown, Henry Hauser, Horatio Werring and Matthew Welter, and in favor of tbe other defendants. Tbe court, Webber, J., made an order granting motions of defendants Brown and Hauser for a new trial; denying motions of defendants Werring and Welter for a new trial; and denying a motion of plaintiff for a new trial…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, C. J.
Action against Finley A. Gray and Joseph A. Beard, as principals, and their codefendants, as sureties, upon a bond to the board of county commissioners to secure the payment of public funds deposited with Gray and Beard, who were copartners under the name of the Bank of Fairfax. This firm was designated by the county board of auditors a depositary of the public funds, but they became insolvent, and refused to pay, on proper demand, a balance of $1,743.30 due to the county on account of public funds, and interest thereon, deposited with them.
The sureties only answered. They denied the…
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