Board of Education v. Nelson
North Dakota Supreme Court
An appeal from a judgment of tbe District Court of Pierce County, Burr, J., dismissing tbis action. The school board, under the law, had the power and it was its duty to designate depositaries where school funds could be deposited by the district treasurer. Such a designation was made in 1905, and bank designated, gave a bond as provided by law.
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An appeal from a judgment of tbe District Court of Pierce County, Burr, J., dismissing tbis action. The school board, under the law, had the power and it was its duty to designate depositaries where school funds could be deposited by the district treasurer. Such a designation was made in 1905, and bank designated, gave a bond as provided by law. Does such designation exempt the treasurer elected in 1908 and his bondsmen from liability ? “All funds shall be deposited by the treasurer in such bank or banks as shall have been designated, in accordance with this article, as hereinafter provided.”…
1Opinion of the CourtGoss, J.
This is an action at law to recover of the treasurer of the Kugby School District and sureties on his official bond, a balance of $2,521 and interest, due the district from the defunct Eirst National Bank of Bugby. That institution failed holding a deposit of school moneys of $4,260 of a sinking fund with a deposit of some $2,300 of other moneys of this district, but against which that bank held approximately $3,000 of unpaid school warrants, which were offset against the deposit, leaving a balance of $2,521 due over dividends credited. Defendant Nelson was treasurer from 1906 to 1910. Before…
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