Board of Supervisors v. Corliss
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Bay; Houghton (Samuel G.), J. Separate actions by the board of supervisors of Bay county against Edward E. Corliss, principal, and the American Surety Company of New York, surety, Edward E. Corliss, principal, and the Title Guaranty & Surety Company, surety, and Omar J. Morton, principal, and the Title Guaranty & Surety Company, surety, on official bonds. From the judgment rendered, all parties bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtMoore, C. J.
After these cases were argued as one in this court they were assigned to Justice Ostrander, who died before writing an opinion in them.
Plaintiff seeks in three suits, which are combined in one printed record, to recover upon the official bonds of the county treasurers, Morton and Corliss, certain interest moneys claimed to have been paid to them by certain banks, upon public funds, which interest it is claimed they converted to their own use, together with interest thereon from the dates that they were paid.
The declarations in the three cases are in substantially the same form. Bills of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Perley v. County of MuskegonMichigan Supreme Court · 1875
- County of Marquette v. WardMichigan Supreme Court · 1883
- People ex rel. Attorney General v. SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1874
- Auditor General v. Board of SupervisorsMichigan Supreme Court · 1889
- Board of Supervisors v. VerkerkeMichigan Supreme Court · 1901
3Cited by1 opinion
- County of Kalamazoo v. Fidelity & Casualty Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1936