Puterbaugh v. Gila County

Gila county, a municipal corporation, through its county attorney, Rouland W. Hill, brought suit against Carl N. Puterbaugh and his bondsman, Hartford Accident and Indemnity Company, under the provisions of sections 790 and 791, Revised Code 1928, to recover certain sums which it was alleged defendant Puterbaugh had, as a member of the board of supervisors of Gila county, ordered paid out of the county treasury without authority of law. Similar suits were filed against Mark Hicks and Fidelity & Casualty Company of New York, his bondsman, and Burton A. Guynup and the American Employers…