Roper v. Trustees of Sangamon Lodge No. 6
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Sangamon county; the Hon. Charles S. Zane, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Walker
It appears that John A. Hughes was elected treasurer of appellees’ lodge. He so acted from the first day of January, 1875, until the 30th of June following. It is agreed by the parties that at the commencement of this term of office he reported to the lodge that he had the sum of $436, money of the lodge; that on the 30th of June, the end of his term, he should have had in his hands $561, which he had received and failed to pay over to his successor. The suit was on the bond given by Hughes, as such treasurer, and service was had on the sureties but not on Hughes.
The sureties pleaded non est…
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