Snelson v. State ex rel. Board of Commissioners

This was an action by the appellee against the appellants, upon the official bond of Snelson, as treasurer of Madison county. Trial by the Court; finding and judgment for the plaintiff. Proper steps were taken to present the questions involved to this Court.

The facts out of which the supposed cause of action arose are as follows:

In 1850 Snelson was elected treasurer of the county of Madison, and gave the official bond in suit, and entered upon the duties of his office. At the June session of the board of commissioners of the county for the year 1851, Snelson, in his annual report to the…