Locke v. Davison

In the spring and summer of 1877, by reason of floods and other extraordinary occurrences, the expenses of the county of Jersey, in this State, were more than double the ordinary expenditures of the county, and in September of that year the county board found itself without sufficient funds, arising from the tax levy of 1876, to meet its requirements, and was compelled to anticipate the levy made in the year 1877, and collectible in the year 1878. To meet the emergency, the board applied to James A. and Morris R. Locke, and made with them an agreement that the latter should furnish the sum of…