State Ex Rel. Marsh v. Lum
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for an alternative writ of mandamus, brought at the relation of the members of the Town School Committee of Wallingford, requiring the defendant to pay orders drawn by the committee upon him, as town treasurer, in favor of the school teachers of said town, or show cause to the contrary, made to, and returnable before, the Superior Court in New Haven County; the court, Webb, J., granted the defendant’s motion to quash the alternative writ and dismissed the…
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Application for an alternative writ of mandamus, brought at the relation of the members of the Town School Committee of Wallingford, requiring the defendant to pay orders drawn by the committee upon him, as town treasurer, in favor of the school teachers of said town, or show cause to the contrary, made to, and returnable before, the Superior Court in New Haven County; the court, Webb, J., granted the defendant’s motion to quash the alternative writ and dismissed the application, and from this judgment the plaintiff appealed. The application alleges the following facts: In July, 1919, Hazel…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, C. J.
It is and was the duty of the defendant town treasurer, to honor the drafts drawn upon him by the town school committee in payment of legal obligations incurred by it in the maintenance of the public schools of the town. General Statutes, §§983, 986. The fundamental question in the case, therefore, is whether or not the drafts here involved, drawn by the committee to the order of two teachers and all other drafts similarly drawn for the like purpose, constitute obligations incumbent upon the town to meet. The drafts specifically referred to in the application for the writ were drawn for…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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