Board of Commissioners v. Lawrence
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Reno District Court. February 4, 1882, a certain judgment which had theretofore been rendered against defendant Lawrence, was by the district court set aside as being void. Of this proceeding the plaintiff Board of Commissioners of Bice County complains, and brings it here for review. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Horton, C. J.:
This action was commenced on the 25th of November, 1876, by the commissioners of Rice county, in the district court of that county, against the defendant, Black-man E. Lawrence, county treasurer, and the sureties upon his official bond. The petition set forth, among other things, that the defendant, as county treasurer of Rice county, collected $20,000, which he neglected and refused to render a just and true account of, and which he neglected and refused to pay over, although duly demanded of him by the proper authorities. Issue was…
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