Brown v. School District
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Heard on a referee’s report, September Term, 1881, Veazey,'J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff to recover the smaller sum named in the report.
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Assumpsit. Heard on a referee’s report, September Term, 1881, Veazey,'J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff to recover the smaller sum named in the report. The refei’ee found, that school district No. 9 in Clarendon, at its annual meeting in 1878 elected three committee men, one of whom was tho plaintiff; that two of the committee contracted with him for his minor son, J. M. Brown, to teach the school in said district, and board at his house, and pay him $60 for teaching and $15 for board ; that the son taught the school, rendering efficient service to the district, and boarded at home;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Taft, J.
I. The first objection made to the plaintiff’s recovery is, that Tiernan, one of the prudential committee, who made the contract under which the plaintiff claims, was not a voter in the district, and therefore ineligible to an election. The referee reports that his name was not on the preceding grand list. Notwithstanding this fact he may have been a voter. All persons, being otherwise qualified, who are exempt from taxation for any cause, are legal voters; so that a person may be a voter if his name is not on the grand list. There are many…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Geer v. 10th School DistrictSupreme Court of Vermont · 1834
- Rogers v. Danby Universalist SocietySupreme Court of Vermont · 1847
- Sawyer v. Methodist Episcopal SocietySupreme Court of Vermont · 1846
- Norton v. Tinmouth School District No. 7Supreme Court of Vermont · 1865
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