Kilgore v. People

This was an action of debt, in the Ford circuit court, on the official bond of James D. Kilgore, as collector of the revenue of that county.

The pleas were, non est factum and performance'of the condition of the bond. By consent, the issues were tried by the court, and a finding and judgment for the plaintiff.

The breach alleged was, as collector defendant had received the sum of five thousand dollars, which he had not paid over to the county treasury, nor any part thereof. In the second count, that defendant had converted and disposed of the money collected for his own use, and refused and…