Burkett v. Blaisdell

The bill in this case alleges facts which call to the attention of the court the following situation:

A tax collector of Rome, Maine, collected automobile excise taxes from a number of inhabitants of the town, for a period of five years, and did not pay the same over to the town. The money thus lawfully exacted from automobile owners has been diverted to the private use *202of the collector. The town has been deprived of funds which should have been available for municipal purposes. The taxpayers and inhabitants have correspondingly suffered. The town officers, upon whom rested the responsibility…