Lafebre v. Board of Education
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. Action to recover the amount due upon a school order, payment of which had been refused. The facts are stated in the opinion. The trial was by the court, a jury having been waived, and resulted in a judgment for the defendant.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Douglas County. Action to recover the amount due upon a school order, payment of which had been refused. The facts are stated in the opinion. The trial was by the court, a jury having been waived, and resulted in a judgment for the defendant. The plaintiffs appeal. 1. The action of the annual meeting of the school district ' in allowing this claim and levying a tax for its payment was legal and valid; and the plaintiffs may maintain an action to compel its payment, although there was no legal obligation upon the part of the school district to pay for labor…
1Opinion of the Court
■ OetoN, J.
The following are in substance the facts: On the..l6th day of February, 1888, one John McGee entered into .a contract with school district No. 2 of the town of Superior to build a school-house for said district for the sum of- $21,750, to be completed by the 15th day of October following. The plaintiffs performed work on said schoolhouse for McGee, and furnished material therefor, to the value of $878; and McGee afterwards, on the 13th day of November, 1888, abandoned his contract, and left said sum £o due the plaintiffs unpaid. The said school district had paid McGee only $15,142…
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