State ex rel. Middle Township v. Parker
Indiana Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Hendricks Common Pleas. Suit by the appellant on the official bond of the appellee, Parker, as trustee of said township, the breach alleged being, that Parker had appropriated to his own use certain moneys which had come into his hands as such trustee. Answer, the general denial. Trial by jury. Verdict for the appellant for twenty-four dollars. A motion by the appellant for a new trial was overruled, and the appellant excepted.
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APPEAL from the Hendricks Common Pleas. Suit by the appellant on the official bond of the appellee, Parker, as trustee of said township, the breach alleged being, that Parker had appropriated to his own use certain moneys which had come into his hands as such trustee. Answer, the general denial. Trial by jury. Verdict for the appellant for twenty-four dollars. A motion by the appellant for a new trial was overruled, and the appellant excepted. Judgment for the plaintiff for twenty-four dol* lars, and against the relator for costs.
1Opinion of the CourtElliott, J.
On the trial of the cause, and after the defendants had closed their evidence, the plaintiff offered to prove, by a competent, witness, that certain receipts for money, executed by James H. Smock & Co. and others to Parker as township trustee, were not executed at the time they respectively bore date; which evidence was objected to by the defendants and excluded by the court. It is insisted that the court erred in rejecting this evidence. These receipts formed a part of the plaintiff's original evidence; they were not introduced by the defendants, nor did they give any evidence in .reference…
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