Walsh v. State ex rel. Soules

This action was commenced by the State in the lower court, on the relation of the auditor against ■the appellant, Walsh, treasurer of Vigo county, and his ■co-appellants, who are sureties upon his official bond. The breach of the bond, as alleged in the complaint, was the failure of said appellant, as such treasurer, to pay over certain moneys, and a conversion of the same to his own use, upon the claim and contention, that under the provisions of the act of 1879 (Acts of 1879, page 130), he was entitled to receive and retain for his own use as compensation, one per cent, upon the first one…