The Regents of the University of Michigan vs. Preston B. Rose, Silas H. Douglas, Rice A. Beal, and Willard B. Smith, Harvey S. Street and John Q. Wilson, Executors--Original Bill. Silas H. Douglas, Appellant, vs. the Regents of the University Of; Brief on Beha (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1880 Excerpt: ...of this voucher is clear. The entries on the memorandum book are not in consecutive order as to the date of payment, and therefore could not have been entered when the student paid. The two stubless accounts of Howell are entered as one item, when the ledger shows that one was paid April 14th, and the other June 28th. As to analyzing this voucher and ascertaining of what items it is composed, this we are unable after the lapse of ten years to do, nor do we consider it important. The testimony in respect to these three items of $104.25, $66.19 and $26.10 is quite voluminous, and will be found on the following pages of the testimony. (c) Red-lined Stub Accounts. (Schedule B, Bee., p. 8S.) These are accounts which are properly represented on the stub-book(see ante, p. 8), and the stubs of which bear the red line. This, if genuine--if drawn in the presence of both parties, and under the circumstances before-stated (ante, p. 11) is evidence that Rose turned over the certificate of this stub to Douglas, and accounted for the amount of it. There are in all 103 of these accounts which are delinquent, amounting in the aggregate, exclusive of interest, to $1892.70. There were 10 more of them, belonging to 1874-5, when the deficit was discovered in October, 1875. Stub accounts Rose admits it was his duty to account for, and he says that (except when it was omitted by accident), he did account for them at the next settlement after he received them. Consequently he includes in each of his "annual settlements" only such of them as he received between that date and the next prior settlement of the year, as he fixes it. We have before pointed out how Rose could embezzle voucher accounts, and why, if he did so, he was compelled to red-line the stubs of them. (a) W...