Sylvester v. Webb
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Bill in equity by ten taxpayers of the town of Scituate, to restrain the members of a committee appointed by the town to build a new schoolhouse, the treasurer of Scituate, and the inhabitants of that town, from carrying out a contract with Thomas F. Bailey and Son, for building a new schoolhouse in the town, and from paying any money on account of the contract, filed November 5, 1900. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bráley, J., without a jury, it appeared, that…
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Bill in equity by ten taxpayers of the town of Scituate, to restrain the members of a committee appointed by the town to build a new schoolhouse, the treasurer of Scituate, and the inhabitants of that town, from carrying out a contract with Thomas F. Bailey and Son, for building a new schoolhouse in the town, and from paying any money on account of the contract, filed November 5, 1900. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Bráley, J., without a jury, it appeared, that at the time the contract was made Thomas F. Bailey, one of the contractors, was a selectman and one of the building…
1Opinion of the CourtBarker, J.
It appears from the report that the building of a new schoolhouse was- determined upon in the town of Scituate, and at a special town meeting held on June 2,1900, a building committee was raised consisting of the three selectmen, the *238three members of the school committee, and three other persons, nine in all. A Mrs. Jenkins of Boston had proposed to make a gift to the town of the lot on which the schoolhouse was to be built, and she afterwards added a gift of the sum of $5,000 toward the cost of the building.
The building committee advertised for proposals which were opened on October 15,…
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