Waugh v. Prince
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On appeal. A bill in equity brought by plaintiffs as taxable inhabitants of the town of Sangerville, against the selectmen, treasurer, and the inhabitants of said town, seeking to enjoin the selectmen and treasurer from paying any sum, pursuant to a vote of the town, to former selectmen of the town indemnifying them for the amount paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment recovered against them in a libel suit by Arthur Stanley.
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On appeal. A bill in equity brought by plaintiffs as taxable inhabitants of the town of Sangerville, against the selectmen, treasurer, and the inhabitants of said town, seeking to enjoin the selectmen and treasurer from paying any sum, pursuant to a vote of the town, to former selectmen of the town indemnifying them for the amount paid by them in satisfaction of a judgment recovered against them in a libel suit by Arthur Stanley. The sitting Justice found the allegations of the bill to be true, and sustained the bill, and granted a permanent injunction, from which finding the defendants…
1Opinion of the CourtHanson, J.
This is a bill in equity brought by fourteen taxable inhabitants against the present selectmen and treasurer of Sangerville, and the inhabitants of said town of Sangerville.
The bill alleges in substance that Elmer J. Prince, F. Wallace Cleaves and Walter R. Farnham, being selectmen of Sangerville, libeled one Arthur Stanley, that a civil action was brought against them, judgment recovered, and the judgment was satisfied by the defendants in the libel suit.
The town at its annual meeting held in March, 1920, voted to reimburse the selectmen for the year 1918 for the damages and costs paid by…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mower v. Inhabitants of LeicesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1812
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