Chaney v. Edmonds

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hoch, J.:

This was an action to recover damages from a county treasurer and the bonding company, surety on his official bond, for refusal to cash a warrant issued by a drainage district. Plaintiffs appeal from an order sustaining defendants’ demurrer to the petition. The principal question presented is whether the warrant showed upon its face that it -was improperly drawm, and if it did so show, whether the county treasurer acted within his pow'ers in refusing to cash it.

Formal parts of the petition need not be recited. Plaintiffs, at*669torneys at law,…