Reed v. Pittsfield School District
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
1Per curiam
I. The petition may be maintained. Keene v. District, 89 N. H. 477, 482.
II. The vote was valid. Its condition that its legality should be determined before it became operative was not an undertaking to delegate legislative power. No question of the wisdom or expediency of the vote was sought to be assigned for determination by others, as in State v. Hayes, 61 N. H. 264.
Since the terms of the gift are broad and general with no restriction of the use of the fund to its income or to any special branch or feature of public school education in the district, the voters had power to say for what…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Haynes v. CarrSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1900
- State Ex Rel. Pearson v. HayesSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1881
- Keene v. Union School DistrictSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1938
- Clark v. CummingsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1927
3Cited by1 opinion
- Ladd v. HigginsSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1946