Wright v. Clark

This action was begun in the court of common pleas of Cuyahoga county by Arthur H. Clark and John Freeman, as taxpayers, on behalf of the village of Bedford, Ohio, and .all taxpayers thereof, to recover a judgment in approximately the sum of $12,000 against Bayard T. Wright. It is alleged that Wright is the village engineer of the village of Bedford, and that the office of village engineer is a public office, and that Wright held said office for the years 1924 and 1925. During the period of his alleged incumbency it is claimed that he entered into numerous contracts with the village of…