Lovejoy v. Inhabitants of Foxcroft
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report. These were all actions upon promissory notes given by tbe treasurer of tbe defendant town and in its name, and all of tbe same general form.
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On Report. These were all actions upon promissory notes given by tbe treasurer of tbe defendant town and in its name, and all of tbe same general form. Tbe note in the first action was in tbe following form: “$300. Foxcroet, Feb. 15, 1883. For value received, we, tbe inhabitants of the town of Foxcroft, by Elias J. Hale, treasurer thereof, duly authorized by vote of said town to hire money, promise to pay Hartwell Love joy, or order, three hundred dollars on demand and interest at four per cent. Payable at the treasurer’s office in Foxcroft. Elias J. Hale, Treasurer of Foxcroft.”…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
These are actions at law by which the several plaintiffs seek to recover judgments against the town of Foxcroft for money delivered to its treasurer, Elias J. Hale, at his instance, and supposed to have been thereby loaned to, and hired by the town itself. The character of some of the arguments for the plaintiffs impels us at the outset to again emphasize the often stated difference between a town and an individual, or corporation, in respect to its pecuniary duties and liabilities.
Towns in Maine, as in the other New England states, are territorial divisions into which the territory of the…
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