Legal Opinion

People ex rel. Rock Island County v. Lyons

Appellate Court of Illinois

Decided March 13, 1912No. Gen. No. 5585PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock.Island county; the Hon. Frank D. Ramsay, Judge, presiding.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Willis

On September 13, 1902, the board of supervisors of Bock Island county fixed the annual salary of the county treasurer for the term beginning December 1, 1902. Later David H. Lyons was elected treasurer of said county. He presented to the county board an instrument dated January 16, 1903, purporting to be his official bond as such, which was approved January 27, of that. year. It contained, among other recitals, the following: “signed with our hands and sealed with our seals,” and was signed by all the defendants except W. C. Bennett and Thomas E. Cassidy, executors of the will of J. S. Leas,…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Lacey v. Davis & McFarrenMichigan Supreme Court · 1856
  2. City of Peoria v. Central National BankIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  3. Cassady v. Trustees of SchoolsIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  4. Keith v. HenklemanIllinois Supreme Court · 1898
  5. Bartlett v. Eau Claire CountyWisconsin Supreme Court · 1901

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3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Reserve Ins. Co. v. General Ins. Co. of AmericaAppellate Court of Illinois · 1979
  2. Allen v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Illinois Supreme Court · 1915
  3. Allen v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. of BaltimoreAppellate Court of Illinois · 1915

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