Goslant v. Town of Calais
Supreme Court of Vermont
General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1915, Washington County, Stanton, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff seeks to recover upon a town order for the sum -of two hundred dollars, drawn in his favor by the road commissioner of the defendant town.
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General Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the March Term, 1915, Washington County, Stanton, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The plaintiff seeks to recover upon a town order for the sum -of two hundred dollars, drawn in his favor by the road commissioner of the defendant town. The order is dated September 7, 1912, and the body of it reads as follows: “The treasurer of the town of Calais, Vt., is directed to pay to M. G'oslant or order two hundred dollars, it being for one bay horse used on road machine, became lame, run down and…
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
At the close of the evidence, defendant moved for a directed verdict, assigning reasons therefor in thirteen different clauses. But it is not necessary to notice particularly all these clauses, since the three following involve substantially all questions of law presented by the exception to the overruling of the motion: (1) the road commissioner could not bind the town by a contract such as the plaintiff’s evidence tended to show, (meaning, we suppose, that part by which the horses were to be returned in as good condition as when taken); (2) the road commissioner could not bind the town by…
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