Chittenden v. School District No. 1
Supreme Court of Vermont
Special Assumpsit. Heard on the report óf a referee, March Term, 1882, Hedeield, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant.
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Special Assumpsit. Heard on the report óf a referee, March Term, 1882, Hedeield, J., presiding. Judgment for the defendant. The referee found, that the plaintiff contracted with the defendant district through its committee to teach school one year, or three terms at §240 per term, commencing on the first of September 1878 and ending in June 1879; that, under the statute of 1876, No. 47, the defendant at its annual March meeting 1877, elected a committee of three — one for one year, one for two years, and one for three years ; that at the March meeting in 1878, no new committee was elected;…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Powers, J.
The several statutes constituting our common school system are to be read together, and liberally construed to effectuate the general public good proposed in their enactment.
A review of them will show that the legislature, having full power over the subject, has not entrusted the destiny of the system to the uncertain disposal of the “fierce democracie” of the districts themselves, but has clothed officials with ample authority to keep the schools in motion in any event.
Among such enactments is the provision now found in s. 515 H. L., which…
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