White River School Township v. Dorrell

On August 4, 1896, appellant’s trustee was engaged in erecting a suitable and necessary schoolhouse in a certain school district having about forty children of school age and having no suitable schoolhouse. The contract price of the building was $1,300. The township had no funds belonging to the special school fund with which to pay for the completion of the building, and it required $500 to complete the building. The trustee represented to appellee that it was necessary for him to have such sum, and at the trustee’s request, and for the purpose of completing the building, appellee turned…