Simons v. County of Jackson
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from Jackson. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Burkhart. Suit by Jackson county against George F. Simons and Frank B. Owens, sureties of Wm. Wood, late treasurer of that county, who, it was alleged, had absconded and was insolvent, and therefore was not sued.
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Appeal from Jackson. Tried below before the Hon. Wm. H. Burkhart. Suit by Jackson county against George F. Simons and Frank B. Owens, sureties of Wm. Wood, late treasurer of that county, who, it was alleged, had absconded and was insolvent, and therefore was not sued. The cause was tried by the court without a jury, and a judgment rendered in favor of the plaintiff for the sum of $1,385.19, being for $1,233.11 principal, and interest thereon from January 1, 1883. The sum claimed was interest paid by purchasers of Jackson county school land. It- would seem that none of the interest on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Willie, Chief Justice.
The bond upon which this suit was founded xvas conditioned that Wood, the county treasurer, xvould safely keep and faithfully disburse the school fund according to law, and pay such xvarrants as might be drawn on said fund by competent authority.
These are the conditions prescribed by law for the bond to be given by the county treasurer to secure the school fund belonging to the. county. R. S., art. 989.
The language of the statute would make the sureties upon such *430bond liable for any misappropriation of the school fund of any description without reference to the source…
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