Bourgeois v. Board of Chosen Freeholders

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bergen, J.

The plaintiff, a married woman, carrying on business in her own name, sold and delivered to the county of Atlantic lumber for the reconstruction and repair of certain bridges. The contract on behal f of the county was made by the husband of the plaintiff, who was then one of the members of the hoard of chosen freeholders of the county of Atlantic, and the price agreed upon was $45 per thousand feet. It is not disputed that the quantity of lumber claimed to have been delivered was in fact delivered, it having been inspected and measured by the…