Lunn v. City of Auburn
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal. This is a -bill in equity brought by certain taxpayers of the city of Auburn, in which the complainants seek to restrain the defendants from erecting a schoolhouse in said city without the approval of the plans therefor by the superintending school committee of said city of Auburn.
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On appeal. This is a -bill in equity brought by certain taxpayers of the city of Auburn, in which the complainants seek to restrain the defendants from erecting a schoolhouse in said city without the approval of the plans therefor by the superintending school committee of said city of Auburn. The respondents filed a demurrer to the bill, which the presiding Justice overruled and issued a temporary injunction restraining the respondents from proceeding in the erection of said schoolhouse. From the decree overruling the demurrer and issuing a temporary injunction, the plaintiffs appealed to the…
1Opinion of the CourtSpear, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by the taxpayers of the defendant city to restrain the defendants from erecting a schoolhouse without the approval of the plans by -the superintending school committee of the city. A demurrer to the bill was filed, the demurrer overruled and an injunction issued. The case comes here on appeal from this decree.
As stated by defendants’ counsel: “The fundamental issue in this case is, whether the city council of the city of Auburn may lawfully proceed to erect a schoolhouse in said Auburn and whether the city through its treasurer may lawfully pay out public…
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