State ex rel. Board of Commissioners v. Boice

— Abram Boice was elected treasurer of Benton county in the year 1892, and, after assuming the duties of that office, it is alleged, he received in fees collected from persons for services performed as such officer a sum of money which he withheld from the “treasurer’s fund,” established by the act of March 9, 1891. Acts 1891, p. 424, section 125.

It was further alleged that he appropriated said sum to his own use as a part of the compensation of his office, and denied the right of said county to assert or maintain any interest therein.

The relator sued upon the bond of said treasurer for the…