Paddock v. Kittredge
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit,. The case was referred, and the referees reported as follows: “ The plaintiiff presented an account amounting to seven hundred eighty-six dollars and sixty cents, ($786.60), and the defendant presented an account in offset amounting to six hundred and twenty dollars and ninety-two cents, ($620.92). The only controversy between the parties was in regard- to two items of the plaintiff’s account, which were as follows: To amount charged School District No 2, in suit)…
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Assumpsit,. The case was referred, and the referees reported as follows: “ The plaintiiff presented an account amounting to seven hundred eighty-six dollars and sixty cents, ($786.60), and the defendant presented an account in offset amounting to six hundred and twenty dollars and ninety-two cents, ($620.92). The only controversy between the parties was in regard- to two items of the plaintiff’s account, which were as follows: To amount charged School District No 2, in suit) Fairbanks & Co. v. you and another, ) $81.56 To cost in suit E. Paddock v. School 1 ... District No. 2. } $105-49 The…
1Opinion of the CourtAldis, J.
The defendant, supposing himself to be authorized as the agent of School District No. 2, in St. Johnsbury, retained the plaintiff to defend a suit brought by Fairbanks & Co„ against *382the defendant and one Starks. The plaintiff also supposed that the defendant was authorized to employ him on behalf of the district, and accordingly charged his services in the suit directly to the district and not to the defendant. In fact the defendant was not so authorized; the vote • of the district extending his authority only to suits brought against'the district, whilst this suit was brought against the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- White v. MillerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1850
- Ives v. HuletSupreme Court of Vermont · 1840
- Jacobs v. TolmanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1811
- Hadlock v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Vermont · 1838
3Cited by3 opinions
- Manning v. LeightonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1891
- Snow v. HixSupreme Court of Vermont · 1882
- Blair v. EllsworthSupreme Court of Vermont · 1883