Board of Education v. Jones

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This was an action on the official bond of a county treasurer. Judgment was for the defendants sustaining a demurrer to the petition of plaintiff:

*277The plaintiff in the action was the board of education of the city of Girard. The board seeks to recover damages against the county treasurer on his official bond because'the treasurer neglected to make the proper distribution of tax money to a general high-school fund, with the result that the board failed to receive as much money from the county treasurer as it was entitled to.

The petition…