Hazzard v. Heacock

This was an action by the appellee against the appellants, for trespass in taking and carrying away certain described personal property of the plaintiff. The trespass was alleged to have been committed on the 8th of November, 1869.

The defendants answered, “that on the 8th day of November, 1869, and for a long time prior thereto, the said defendant Hazzard was, and still is, the treasurer of Henry county, in the State of Indiana, duly elected and qualified, and that the said other defendants at said time were, and still are, the deputy treasurers of said county; that on the 1st day of January,…