Porter v. Fletcher
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiffs, Nelson W. Porter and others, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendants, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Franklin on the 8th day of May, 1912, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial before the court without a jury at the Franklin Trial Term, dismissing the complaint.
1Opinion of the Court
Smith, P. J.:
This action is brought against the board of supervisors of the county of Franklin to restrain them from auditing and paying a bill presented against the county for the sum of about $1,800 for the purchase of an automobile for use by the county superintendent of highways in his duties as such county superintendent, and the committee on highways and county superintendent’s affairs, and the county road committee, the latter committee having been appointed pursuant to chapter 137 of the Laws of 1911. This act provided for the construction and maintenance of a county road system in…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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