Hizer v. Town of Rockford

This was an action brought by the commissioners of highways of the town of Rockford against Charles W. Hizer, one of the overseers of the town, to recover a penalty of $10 for a refusal to obey an order of the commissioners in relation to working a certain road in the overseer’s district, as required by section 27 of chapter 121 of Revised Laws of 1874, page 918, which declares : “Every overseer who shall refuse or neglect to perform any of the duties herein-before enumerated, or which shall be lawfully enjoined on him by the commissioners of highways of his town, shall for every such refusal…