Frank v. Board of Education
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On appeal from the Supreme Court.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Black, J.
There is but a single question presented by the record in this case to he answered, viz., whether a municipal corporation is liable to pay for work done and materials furnished It, by an unauthorized agent, when the municipality had the power to make a contract for such purchases. If so, whether an agency to pu reliase such supplies in fact can he implied, from the acts and conduct of the parties and a ratifi*274cation of the contract for such supplies be also implied, from like acts and conduct. The application of elemental and well-recognized…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Clark v. Mayor, Aldermen, and Common Council of WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1827
- Columbia Mill Co. v. National Bank of CommerceSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1893
- Gibson v. Snow Hardware Co.Supreme Court of Alabama · 1891
- Small v. . HousmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
- Metzger v. HuntingtonIndiana Supreme Court · 1894
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- Spin Co. v. Maryland Cas. Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1975
- Glass v. Bd. of Com. Coun. of City of FrankfortCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1936
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