Cawley v. People ex rel. Woodford County

At the election in ¡November, 1877, Whitaker was elected treasurer of Woodford county. He thereupon executed and filed the bond in suit in this case. He had been elected and qualified and served in the office for the two preceding terms, and was consequently his own successor. Thirteen of his sureties signed the bond before it was filed with the county clerk, and four of them about a month later. His oath of office bears date the 28th day of -¡November, 1877, but the record discloses no file-mark, so far as we have been able to find.

His bond was dated on the 3d day of ¡December, 1877, and was…