Gibson & Waterman v. Town of Vernon
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by court at the September Term, 1913, Windham County, Miles, J., presiding. Judgment for defendant to recover its costs. The plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtMunson, C. J.
This suit is brought to recover compensation for legal services rendered under an employment of the license commissioners of Yernon, as advisers of the board in a contest over the granting of a license; which contest occurred in 1909 and resulted in the case of Brown v. Alderman, 82 Vt. 529, 74 Atl. 230. The claim is contested on the grounds that license commissioners are not town officers, and that if classed as town officers they are not officers entitled to employ counsel *161at the expense of the town, and that if entitled to do this in some circumstances they could not do it in the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sargent v. ClarkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1910
- Sheldon & Cushman v. Town of BenningtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1895
- Brown v. AldermanSupreme Court of Vermont · 1909
- Spafford v. Town of NorwichSupreme Court of Vermont · 1899
- Nay v. Town of UnderhillSupreme Court of Vermont · 1899
3Cited by2 opinions
- Karon v. KelloggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1935
- Cook & Norton v. Town of SuttonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917