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State v. Kruttschnitt

Nevada Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1868PublishedCited by 22 opinions

Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. This was a suit against A. M. Kruttschnitt, County Assessor of Storey County, and Mathew Rapp, John Rapp, Leonard Loiterer and Jonas Pinschower, the sureties on his official bond, for alleged neglect of the Assessor in his official duty, with intent to defraud the State out of a portion of its revenues.

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Appeal from the District Court of the First Judicial District, Storey County. This was a suit against A. M. Kruttschnitt, County Assessor of Storey County, and Mathew Rapp, John Rapp, Leonard Loiterer and Jonas Pinschower, the sureties on his official bond, for alleged neglect of the Assessor in his official duty, with intent to defraud the State out of a portion of its revenues. The first count of the complaint alleged, among other things, that the Assessor,, for the purpose of making the assessment on the proceeds of mines for the quarter ending on the last day of June, 1867, demanded and…

1Opinion of the Court

By the Court,

Beatty, C. J.

This was an action brought by the State of Nevada against the Assessor of Storey County, and his sureties on his official bond, for malfeasance in office in having failed to assess the proceeds of mines in Storey County for the quarters ending on the thirtieth of June and the thirtieth of September respectively, in the year 1867.

The complaint contains two counts. The first is for failure to perform his duty in regard to the quarter ending June 30th, 1867. On this count there was perhaps a failure on the part of the State to make the proofs correspond with the…

2Cases cited1 opinion

  1. State v. EastabrookNevada Supreme Court · 1867

3Cited by22 opinions

  1. State v. Central Pacific RailroadNevada Supreme Court · 1875
  2. Escalle v. MarkNevada Supreme Court · 1919
  3. Richburger v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1907
  4. Hoye v. RaymondSupreme Court of Kansas · 1881
  5. State v. U. S. & Canada Express Co.Supreme Court of New Hampshire · 1880

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