Waldo v. Town of Portland
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, brought against tho town of Portland on the following order, held by the plaintiff by assignment from the original payee. “Portland Town Treasury. Conscript Relief Eu-nd.
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Assumpsit, brought against tho town of Portland on the following order, held by the plaintiff by assignment from the original payee. “Portland Town Treasury. Conscript Relief Eu-nd. No. 9. Amount $250. Portland, October, 2, 1863. Treasurer of the town of Portland: Pay to Walter Button, or bearer, two hundred and fifty dollars, on account of Conscript Relief Fund, by virtue of certain votes passed in town meeting, September 30th, 1863. Alfred Hall, G-. W. Pettis, Rufus Sears, Committee.” The case was tried in the superior court on the general issue, with notice, closed to the court, and the…
1Opinion of the CourtButler, J.
1.‘ In this case we are satisfied that all the votes passed at the meeting of September 30, 1863, were ratified and made legal and binding upon the town by the act of November 13,1863, and the ratification of August 13, 1864, the temporary injunction notwithstanding. It is not necessary to assign our reasons at length. The whole subject, and every question involved here, were fully discussed in some ox-all of the cases hex-etofore decided in this court, of Booth v. Woodbury, Baldwin v. North Branford, and Webster v. Har*371winton. It is sufficient to say that the injunction did not make them any…
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