Harrington v. Sixth School District
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. The following facts were found by the auditor. The plaintiff’s account was for services rendered by him as attorney for the defendants, in a suit brought by One Mott against Reynolds, the collector of the defendants, to recover damages for the seizing and selling by said collector, of Mott’s property in the collection of a tax assessed by the defendants against said Mott.
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Book Account. The following facts were found by the auditor. The plaintiff’s account was for services rendered by him as attorney for the defendants, in a suit brought by One Mott against Reynolds, the collector of the defendants, to recover damages for the seizing and selling by said collector, of Mott’s property in the collection of a tax assessed by the defendants against said Mott. It appeared that at or about the time of the commencement of the suit against Reynolds, one Ladue, then sole prudential committee of the school district, in his capacity as such committee, retained and employed…
1Opinion of the Court
*157The opinion of the court was delivered by
Poland, J.
The plaintiff’s right to recover depends upon the authority of the prudential committee to employ counsel to prosecute or defend a suit for the district, or a suit against some officer of the district, in which the district may be interested. As a general rule corporations can only bind themselves by a corporate vote, or by an agent duly authorized to act for them; and though in many cases, implications are made against corporations from their acts and course of business, these are usually cases of private and business corporations, and not…
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