Currie v. School-District No. 26
Supreme Court of Minnesota
The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Murray county to recover upon three orders issued by Harris Scovell, the clerk of the defendant, attested by Mons Larson, the director, and directed to the treasurer, who had refused payment.
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The plaintiff brought this action in the district court for Murray county to recover upon three orders issued by Harris Scovell, the clerk of the defendant, attested by Mons Larson, the director, and directed to the treasurer, who had refused payment. The first order was drawn in favor of Mons Larson, or order, for labor on schoolhouse ; the second was drawn in favor of H. Scovell, or order, for labor on school-house; the third was drawn in favor of Harris Sco-vell, or order, for stove, pipe, and fuel, and all three were purchased for value by the plaintiff. The action was tried before…
1Opinion of the CourtVanderburgh, J.
It is found, and must be taken as true for the purposes of this appeal, that money for the erection of a school-house had been provided by the defendant school-district, and its erection ■duly ordered; and also that Mons Larson, director, C. C. Cole, treasurer, and Harris Scovell, clerk, constituted the board of trustees. *164The court also found “that the board of trustees entered into a contract with Mons Larson aforesaid, who was then director of said district, and one of said board of trustees, whereby the said Mons Larson agreed to erect a school-house in said district from materials…
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