Township of Franklin v. Crane

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Vredenburgh, J.

The hill of complaint in this cause is filed by the township of Franklin, Hew Jersey, against its former tax coi lector to obtain a decree for money charged to have been collected and received by him by virtue of his office during the years 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905 and 1906, aggregating the sum of $153,413.64. It charges that after this tax money was so received the defendant made many disbursements thereof without proper or lawful warrant or authority and to divers persons unknown to-…