Roberts v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; Jeptha E. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by the prosecuting attorney, in the name -of the State, for the use of Logan County, to recover from the Logan C-ounty B.ank, as principal, and the sureties on its bond and certain stockholders a judgment for $17,099.59, for funds alleged to have been deposited by the county treasurer with the 'bank as the depository of the public funds.
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Appeal from Logan Circuit Court, Southern District; Jeptha E. Evans, Judge; STATEMENT BY THE COURT. This is a suit by the prosecuting attorney, in the name -of the State, for the use of Logan County, to recover from the Logan C-ounty B.ank, as principal, and the sureties on its bond and certain stockholders a judgment for $17,099.59, for funds alleged to have been deposited by the county treasurer with the 'bank as the depository of the public funds. The complaint alleged that the bank was selected as the depository of the public funds under the statute; that it executed and filed its bond,…
1Opinion of the Court
Wood, J.,
(after stating the facts). I. Act 196, approved May 1,1909, provides for a depository of the public funds of Logan County. Sections 1 and 3 of that act were amended by Act No. 57, approved February 15, 1913, providing for the creation of separate depositories in the northern and southern districts of Logan County, and by changing the time for receiving bids from the July term of the oouuty court, .as provided in the act of 1909, to the January term of the court. The latter part of section 2 of Act No. 57, Acts of 1913, provides that the county court, “shall select from among said…
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