May v. City of Gloucester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, upon an account annexed, for keeping a pair of the plaintiff’s horses in the defendant’s engine house for use on a steam fire engine. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Richardson, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and both parties alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, C. J.
This is an action of contract upon an account annexed to recover $402 for keeping a pair of the plaintiff’s horses in an engine house of the defendant, from November 7, 1895, to March 23, 1896, for use on a steam fire engine. The defendant denies any authorized contract of hiring. By the Revised Ordinances of the city, c. 10, § 6, all incidental expenses of the department shall be under the direction of the joint standing committee of the city council on the fire department. By a joint rule of the city council for the years 1895 and 1896, joint standing committees are to keep records of their…
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