Trustees of Schools of Township No. 23 v. Cowden

This was an action of debt commenced by the trustees of schools of township 23, range 2, McLean county, in the circuit court of said county, against the défendants, as sureties upon the official bond, which was in the statutory form, of Robert S. McIntyre, as treasurer of said township. The declaration contained four counts, and there were filed thereto eleven pleas. The court sustained a demurrer to all of the pleas'except the first, and the case was tried before the court, by the agreement of the parties, without a jury, and a finding and judgment were rendered in favor of the plaintiff for…