Levinus,  8  N.  Y.  472.  So,  where  it  was  alleged,  the  "  plaintiffs  com-
missioners of  highways  complain,"  held  good.  Fowler  v.  Wester-
velt,  40  Barb.  374.  An  allegation  that  plaintiff  is  supervisor,  and  as
such  he  avers  the  money  sued  for  belongs  to  the  town,  shows  a  suit
in  his  official  capacity.  Origgs  v.  Griggs,  66  Barb.  287 ;  affirmed,
56  N.  Y.  504.  But  a  mere  addition,  in  the  title,  of  the  words
descriptive  of  the  office  does  not  prevent  the  office  from  being
a  private  and  personal  one.  Bonesteel  v.  Qarlinghouse,  60  Earb.
338.  The" complaint  must  contain  averments  showing  that  plaintiffs
sue  officially  as  well  as  describe  them  as  such  officer  in  the  title.
Gould  V.  Glass,  19  Barb.  179.  An  action  against  persons  named,
adding  trustees  of  school  district,  held  a  personal  action,  there  being
no  averment  that  the  defendants  were  trustees,  nor  that  the  plaintiff
claimed  to  recover  against  them  as  such,  and  an  application  to  amend
the  complaint  was  denied.  Shuler  v.  Meyers,  5  Lans.  170.  A  suit
against  the  county  should  be  against  the  board  of  supervisors,  and
not  against  the  individual  members  of  the  board.  Wild  v.  Super-
visors, 9  How.  315 ;  Hill  v.  Supervisors,  12  N.  Y.  52.  A  public
officer  need  not  plead  the  facts  showing  his  right  to  the  office.
Kelly  v.  Breusing,  33  Barb.  123.
