Legal Opinion

Cobb v. School District No. 1

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided February 15, 1891PublishedCited by 1 opinion

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Assumpsit for the amount of a school district order drawn by the prudential committee of the defendant. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the December term, 1890, Thompson, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. Exceptions by the defendant. The case appears in the opinion. The committee is supreme in the matter of hiring a teacher. OhittenclenY. Waterbary, 56 Yt. 354; School District y. Harvey, 56 Yt. 556. But he has no authority to maintain a school without a vote of the district; and whoever deals with him is bound to know the extent of his authority. The prudential committee…

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROSS, Ch. J.

In the'spring of 1889 the plaintiff' was hired by the prudential committee of the defendant to teach a school in the defendant district. She and the prudential committee acted in good faith in making the contract. She, on her part, fully performed the contract. This suit is to recover for her services. At the session of the Legislature, 1888, the school year was extended three months. Before then the school year had ended with March. It was then extended so as to end with June, and by that act, the officers chosen for the current school…

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Mason v. School District No. 14Supreme Court of Vermont · 1848
Chittenden v. School District No. 1Supreme Court of Vermont · 1884
Chaplin v. HillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1852
School District No. 13 v. HarveySupreme Court of Vermont · 1884

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