Causey v. Gilbert

The appellees were members of the board of supervisors of Kemper County for the years 1936-40, inclusive; and this is a suit by the appellant to recover from them, and the sureties on their official bonds, alleged illegal appropriations of money made by them from the county treasury. The case was tried on bill, answer, and proof, resulting in a decree dismissing the bill of complaint.

The record discloses that in 1936, the board of supervisors of Kemper County made an order, under Chapter 143, Laws of 1936, providing* for the refunding of certain of the county’s bonds, and employed R. S.…