¶1Towns are not liable or responsible for the conduct of the constables whom they appoint, in the execution of their office, *521except to tlie state in. tlie case of tax gathering, any more than the governor and council are responsible for the sheriffs they appoint. The law makes it the duty of towns, annually to appoint constables, and to see that they are sworn before the 1st of January; it prescribes and enjoins upon constables the duties of their office; they do not act under the authority of the town, but of the law, nor hath the town any control over them, or power to require security from them.
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Hurlburt v. Marsh
Decided January 15, 1793
Supreme Court of Connecticut · decided 1793-01-15
Action of the case; declaring, that the town, of Litchfield in December A. D. 1189, chose and appointed Andrew Adams, Jr. a constable for A. D. 1190, who was duly sworn; that in January A. D. 1790, he delivered to said Constable Adams an attachment in his favor against Zebulon Taylor, of said Litch-field, for £ lawful money, and returnable to the County Court in Litchfield, holden on the fourth Tuesday of March, A. D. 1790, that said Constable Adams returned said writ…
Decided 1793-01-15