Marsh v. . Town of Little Valley
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court upon trial without a jury.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the Supreme Court in the fourth judicial department, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff entered upon a decision of the court upon trial without a jury. (Reported below, 1 Hun, 554; 4 T. & 0., 116.) This action was brought upon three bonds issued by defendant under and in pursuance of chapter 590, Laws of 1869. The act legalizes the proceedings of a town meeting held by defendant’s electors, at which it was voted to raise money by tax to pay to each one furnishing substitutes under the call of the president of July, 1864, the sum of $200. It…
1Opinion of the CourtMiller, J.
The plaintiff’s claim is founded upon three several bonds purporting to have been issued in pursuance of chapter 590 of the Laws of 1869. The act in question legalizes the acts and proceedings of the electors at a special town meeting which had previously been held for the purpose of raising- money to pay bounties for furnishing substitutes; authorizes the board of town auditors to audit such claims, and the issue of town bonds to each person furnishing a substitute as therein provided. The fourth section of the act declares that said bonds shall be legal claims against the town ; and the…
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