13 S.D. 420 | S.D. | 1900
This is an action on the part of the city to recover of the defendant, H. Ray Meyers, the sum of $367.14, alleged to have been collected by him as treasurer of said city, and not paid over to the city. The defendant admits that the plaintiff is a municipal corporation; that on or about October 3, 1895, he was appointed treasurer of said city; admits that he received, while such treasurer, the total sum of $13,086.50; alleges that while such treasurer he paid out on warrants duly and legally issued, and turned over to his successor, sums amounting to $12,981.05, and that he paid and delivered to the city 11 negotiable coupons for $17.50 each, amounting to $192.50, which said 11 coupons the plaintiff received from the defendant, and still retains, — making the total amount paid out, $13,173.55. Defendant further alleges that he has fully and completely paid said plaintiff all claims and demands of every kind and nature which said plaintiff had or claims to have had against the defendant, and denies each and every allegation of the complaint not specifically admitted. Defendant further alleges that there is now due and owing him from
It will be noticed that the amount found to have been paid out by the defendant as treasurer was the sum of $12,981.05. By adding to this the sum of $13.50 for salary, the court finds a balance due the plaintiff of $91.95. It is evident from these findings that the court has not given the defendant credit for the 11 interest coupons paid by him, amounting to $192.50. The defendant, having paid these coupons in good faith, and turned them over to the city, which still retains them, is clearly entitled to be reimbursed for the amount so paid by him. He would, therefore, be entitled to credit for that amount, in addition to the sum of $12,981.05 and the $13.50 salary, for which he received credit. But, in addition to this, the defend
It is contended on the part of the respondent that it was shown that this $192.50 paid out upon these 11 coupons was included in two city warrants drawn on the treasurer, and paid by him; but it is quite clear from the findings of the court that the court did not credit the defendant with the amount of these coupons, and tbe evidence tending to show that they were included in the warrants is too vague and unsatisfactory to be entitled to any consideration. In any view of the case, therefore, the appellant is entitled to a judgment for the amount claimed by him, $100.55. The court, therefore, in entering a judgment against the appellant for $91.95, committed an error for which the judgment of the court below must be reversed. The judgment of the court below is reversed, and a new trial granted.