McLaren v. Town Board

This case was heard with the preceding case of Mrs. Hazen against the town board, as both cases-arose under the same statute. The charge in this case was— first, for having expended the money of the district contrary to law, and without the vote of the district, in the purchase of furniture or apparatus for the school-house; and secondly, for conspiring with Mrs. Hazen in the hiring of her husband as a teacher.

*190McLaren was director, and it appears that at the annual meeting it was moved and carried, “ to fit up the schoolhouse for the winter term,” and in pursuance of this authority some…