Miller v. Batson

Appellant brought this action in the circuit court of Stone county against the'appellee, O. E. Batson, sheriff and tax collector of that county, and appellee United States Fidelity & Guaranty Company, as the surety on the tax collector’s bond, to recover the sum of fifty thousand'dollars, public funds belonging to said county, and the statutory penalty of thirty per cent thereon for withholding the same; and, in addition, appellant’s statutory commission thereon,, of twenty per cent, which funds had been by Batson, as sheriff and tax collector, deposited in the Citizens’ Bank of McHenry,…