Brown v. Reding
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
In Equity. This is a bill brought by the county commissioners of the county of Rockingham against the defendants, a committee of the county convention, to restrain them from interfering in the purchase of furniture and other articles for the county poor farm.
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In Equity. This is a bill brought by the county commissioners of the county of Rockingham against the defendants, a committee of the county convention, to restrain them from interfering in the purchase of furniture and other articles for the county poor farm. The answer alleges, that under a resolution of the county convention the defendants have claimed to act in conjunction with the county commissioners in the purchase of stock, tools, and necessary articles for the county farm, but that they have never proposed or threatened to make such purchases alone, or without the concurrence of the…
1Opinion of the CourtBellows, C. J.
The question is, whether the county convention has power to appoint a committee with authority to act in conjunction with the county commissioners in the purchase of furniture and other personal property for the use of the county farm. If the county convention has power to appoint such committee to act with the county commissioners as a joint board, it can, of course, by appointing on this committee a number greater than the board of commissioners, take from those commissioners the control of those purchases.
By the General Statutes, chap. 24, § 2, it is provided that the county commissioners…
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