Longan v. Taylor
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. This was an action upon the bond of J ames N. Longan, as school treasurer of a township, William Atteberry and Joseph F. Fisher being sureties. The bond was dated June 2, 1886, and contained the provision that the principal should account for all property that came to hand “after the date of this bond.”
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Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Logan county; the Hon. Cyrus Epler, Judge, presiding. This was an action upon the bond of J ames N. Longan, as school treasurer of a township, William Atteberry and Joseph F. Fisher being sureties. The bond was dated June 2, 1886, and contained the provision that the principal should account for all property that came to hand “after the date of this bond.” The defense was that Longan had fully accounted for all that was in his hands when the bond was made, or that came to his hands…
1Opinion of the Court
Per Curiam :
The question here is that of the liability of the sureties of a township treasurer of schools upon his official bond.
The circuit court refused to hold as follows, namely:
“The entries introduced in evidence by plaintiffs, from the books kept by Longan, as treasurer, do not operate as an estoppel against defendants, to prevent them from proving that such entries are untrue. The report to the trustees, introduced in evidence as made by said Longan on the last day he was in office, and stating the amount of money then in the hands of said Longan, does not operate as an estoppel…
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