Harding v. Trustees of New Haven Twp.
Ohio Supreme Court
This cause came before the court upon a writ of error to the court of common pleas, and was argued by Orris Parish, for plaintiff in error. The case is fully stated in the opinion of the court, by Judge Burnet.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court :
The plaintiff had been employed to support a pauper, chargeable on New Haven township, at a stipulated price. Having performed the contract on her part, and payment being withheld, she instituted a suit against the trustees of the township, before a justice of the peace, and recovered a judgment for the amount due. The defendants removed the proceeding by certiorari to the common pleas. A number of reasons were assigned for setting them aside. Those on which the case turned were:
First. That no suit can be sustained by an individual against a township.
iSecond. That a township,…
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