City of St. Louis v. Sickles

Appeal from St. Louis Circuit Court. The recognition and implied authorization of the practice of delivering money to the auditor by the ordinances in force at the time of the execution of this bond, make the receipt of this money his official act and his direct violation of the express 'provision of ordinance as to its disposition, a breach of the bond. This was the actual mode of conducting these accounts, established by the auditor and the departments, long before the time this bond was entered into. It was not the auditor’s duty to receive or disburse the public moneys, and the sureties…