Harper v. State ex rel. Board of Commissioners

— This was an action of debt brought by the state, on the' relation of the board of commissioners of Knox county, against Jacob Harper, Martin Robinson, John Collins, Isaac Coons, Jonathan P. Cox, George Calhound, and John Weaver. The suit is founded on a joint and. several bond, executed by the defendants and one John K. Kurtz, whom the defendants had survived, in the penalty of 4,000 dollars, conditioned for the faithful discharge, by Harper, oí certain duties, &c. Two of the defendants, Robinson and Collins, pleaded non est factum, upon which issue was joined. There were issues on other…