Morley v. Town of Metamora

Citations

• 78 Ill. 394

Syllabus

<p>1. Official bond—liability of sureties. Where a supervisor is elected Ms own successor, and gives a new bond, the sureties are liable on such bond for any amount which appears to have been in the hands of such supervisor belonging to the town, at the end of the preceding official term.</p> <p>3. A supervisor was elected for a second term, and at the end of the first term made a report, showing a certain amount in his hands belong. ing to the town, which report was approved: Held, that such report must be considered as true, and that such amount was in his hands as his own successor, and that the sureties on his bond for the second term are liable for a failure on his part to account for it.</p>