Leachman v. Dougherty

Appellant was town clerk and also town collector of the town of Ursa, in Adams county, during the year 1874. The commissioners of highways of that town, on the 1st of September, 1874, made and signed a statement, in writing, showing that they had ascertained and determined, as near as practicable, the amount necessary to be raised in said town for road and bridge purposes during the then ensuing year, and that they had ascertained and determined the same to be $1200, giving, in detail, the various items from which the aggregate was made up. This they delivered to appellant, but he neglected…