Board of Commissioners v. Bromley

The proceeding which led to* this appeal was commenced by the filing of a claim by William Bromley against Montgomery county, before the board of commissioners of that county, for services as overseer of the poor,, while formerly acting as trustee of Union township of the county in question.

The commissioners rejected the claim, and Bromley appealed to the circuit court,, where the cause was tried without a jury.

At the request of one of the parties, the circuit court made a special finding of the facts,, which may be synoptically stated as follows:

That Bromley was the duly elected, qualified…