Baker v. School District No. 2
Supreme Court of Vermont
General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, and verdict for the plaintiffs, September term, 1872, Orleans county, Ross, J., presiding.
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General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury, and verdict for the plaintiffs, September term, 1872, Orleans county, Ross, J., presiding. It appeared that prior to September, 1867, the school-house in the defendant district was old and out of repair, and that the district, for two or three years, had been agitating the subject of building a new house; that at a regularly warned meeting, held on the 9th of November, 1866, the district voted to build a new school-house, and elected a building committee, consisting of William Batchelder, Samuel W. Foster, and Frank Farley ; that on…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
The evidence tended to show the state of facts which, if found by the jury, the court charged would entitle the plaintiffs to recover. It was found upon the evidence, under the charge, that the plaintiffs .built the school-house where they were directed by the building committee; and the .case shows that in every respect, except in the matter of the location, the plaintiffs did everything that was necessary in order to entitle them to be paid by the district for what they had done.
The building committee were the authorized and accredited…
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