Supreme Court of Iowa June 15, 1875 (Keokuk County v. Howard)

Beck, J. —

The statute of limitation provides that actions shall be prosecuted within three years and not after, “ against a sheriff or other public officer, growing out of a liability incurred by the doing of an act in an official capacity, or by the omission of an official duty, including the non-payment of money collected on execution.” Code, § 2529, ¶ 3.

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