Paddock v. Symonds
New York Supreme Court
This was an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered upon a report of referees. The action was brought to recover the value of provisions furnished to the predecessors of the defendants, as superintendents of the poor of the county of Jefierson, for the poor-house of said county. The referee denied a motion for a nonsuit, hut he finally reported in favor of the defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
Gridley, J.
At the last July term, in the case of Hayes v. The Superintendents of the Poor of Jefferson county,(a) this court decided, upon a full consideration of the authorities, that the superintendents of the poor were a corporation, possessing the usual powers of such corporations for public purposes. They were accordingly held to be able to contract, so as to bind their successors in office for the ordinary supplies furnished for the county poor-house. The judgment against them is to be satisfied in pursuance of sections 102 and 103 of the fourth article of title four, chap,…
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