Township of Buckeye v. Clark

Plaintiff recovered in assumpsit for the amount of certain township orders issued to defendant while he was supervisor of the township. Three of the orders were payable from the contingent fund; were issued for the purchase of a book-desk; were signed by defendant as chairman of the township board, and made payable to himself; were presented, and the amounts thereof received, by defendant; and the book-desk was never purchased. The other three were issued by the *433commissioner of highways, were made payable to defendant, and purported to have been issued upon a contract for the construction of…