Prout v. Inhabitants of the Fire District in Pittsfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, to recover a sum of money voted to be paid by the defendant in compromise of a claim of the plaintiff, upon which an action of tort brought by her against the defendant was still pending in the Superior Court. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, on agreed facts, which, so far as material to the points decided, appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtAllen, J.
The defendant is a- fire district, duly organized and established under the general laws of the Commonwealth. St. 1844, c. 152. Pub. Sts. c. 35, §§ 40-61. By express provision of statute, fire districts may raise money for the purchase of engines and other articles necessary for the extinguishment of fires, for the purchase of land, for the erection and repairs of necessary buildings, for the erection and maintenance of street lamps within their limits, and for other incidental expenses of the fire department. Pub. Sts. c. 35, § 51. Certain other powers were specially conferred upon the…
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