Maitland v. Town of Thompson

The plaintiffs are taxpayers of the town of Thompson, hereinafter referred to as the town. The defendants are the town, its selectmen and treasurer. The plaintiffs secured a temporary injunction restraining the defendants from paying a bill for legal services rendered to five members of the board of education based on the defense of a libel action, brought against them by the former superintendent of schools of the town, on the ground that the payment would be an illegal diversion of public funds raised by taxation. In this action they sought, unsuccessfully, to have this injunction made…