Sleight v. People

This is an action of debt against the treasurer of Henry county and his sureties, on his official bond, and the breach of duty charged is in refusing to set apart, as a sinking fund, and account to the town of Weller for certain taxes collected from the American Central Eailway Company, for county and township purposes, in the years 1869, 1870, and 1871. The road of that company runs through the towns of Oxford, Clover, Weller, and a portion of Calva, in Henry county. Of these, Weller and Galva alone subscribed to the capital stock of the company, and issued their bonds in payment of the…