Rice's Case

Citations

• 158 Pa. 157
• 27 A. 842
• 1893 Pa. LEXIS 1561

Syllabus

<p>Supervisors — Bond—Township auditors — Act of March 16, 1860.</p> <p>Where a supervisor is duly elected, and is ready and willing to give a proper bond, as required by the act of March 16,1860, P. L. 174, the township auditors cannot refuse to accept the security on the ground that the supervisor owes a debt to the township which he refuses to pay.</p> <p>In such a ease the duties of the auditors are to accept the security offered if sufficient, and, if a balance is due to the township by the supervisor, to proceed to collect the same by legal process.</p>