Town of Sharon v. Gager
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Bill for the foreclosure of a mortgage; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. The following facts were found by a committee upon the bill and answer: On the 6th day of March, 1874, Samuel L. Gager, of the town of Sharon, resigned the office of treasurer of the town, which he had held by successive elections since October, 1872; and at the time of his resignation he was a defaulter in his office to the amount, as afterwards ascertained, of $2,428.12. He had…
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Bill for the foreclosure of a mortgage; brought to the Superior Court in Litchfield County. The following facts were found by a committee upon the bill and answer: On the 6th day of March, 1874, Samuel L. Gager, of the town of Sharon, resigned the office of treasurer of the town, which he had held by successive elections since October, 1872; and at the time of his resignation he was a defaulter in his office to the amount, as afterwards ascertained, of $2,428.12. He had given no bond at his last re-election. He was at the time a member of the mercantile firm of'. Gager Brothers, and, with the…
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
An elderly woman, feeble in body, of an excitable temperament, and habitually relying upon the judgment of others in matters of business, is informed by her nephew, who had been reared in the family of which she was a' member, and to whom she was greatly attached, that he was a defaulter to the town; this announcement is presently followed by a declaration from Mr. Chapman, the selectman, that the nephew had exposed himself to a criminal prosecution and punishment in the state prison, and that, unless she immediately secured the town against loss, criminal proceedings would on that day be…
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