Pearson v. Brace

The respondents, on December 4,1925, rejected the bills presented by the petitioner, as a justice of the peace, for certain years. In their return the respondents have included a number of affidavits verified since the action of the respondents upon these bills, showing the alleged illegal and fraudulent char*664acter of some of the charges. There is nothing in the return showing that the information contained in these affidavits was before the respondents. So far as appears by the return, the information was gathered subsequent to the action of the town board and had no bearing upon such action.…