Legal Opinion

Trustees of Schools v. Walters

Illinois Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1850PublishedCited by 12 opinions

The facts of this case are stated in the opinion of the Court. The motion to dismiss was sustained, and the judgment of dismissal entered, by Minshall, Judge, at the August term, 1850, of the Brown Circuit Court. The Trustees of Schools prosecute this writ of error, and assign for error the dismissal of the suit, because security for costs had not been given.

1Opinion of the CourtTreat, C. J.

This was an action of debt brought by the Tnistees of Schools of township two south, in Brown county, against Walters and others, on a bond executed by Walters, as principal, and the other defendants, as sureties, made payable to the plaintiffs, and conditioned for the faithful discharge of the duties of the office of Treasurer of Schools for said township. The breach assigned was the failure of Walters, to pay over the school funds in his hands to his successor in office. At the first term, the defendants filed several special pleas, on which issues were formed. At the second term, the…

2Cited by12 opinions

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  4. Roberts v. FahsIllinois Supreme Court · 1863
  5. Edgar Gold & Silver Mining Co. v. TaylorSupreme Court of Colorado · 1887

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