52 Neb. 444 | Neb. | 1897
This action was brought in the district court of Gage county on the official bond of J. E. Hill as county clerk of said county for his alleged failure to account for and pay over the fees of his office in excess of the sum of $4,200, the amount which he might lawfully retain for the compensation, of himself a.nd his deputy. In the answer there were averments that said Hill, during the entire period of his office, had made full and complete settlements with the county board of said county while
There was a general demurrer to this answer, which was overruled, and the county electing to stand thereon there was a judgment for the defendants dismissing the action. The contentions of the county presented by its petition in error are fully met by Sioux County v. Jameson, 43 Neb., 265, and the cases therein cited, as well as by the subsequently considered cases of Heald v. Polk County, 46 Neb., 28; Ragoss v. Cuming County, 46 Neb., 36; State v. Vincent, 46 Neb., 408. The judgment of the district court is
Affirmed.