Currier v. Town of Brighton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for wood sold and delivered. Pleas, the general issue, and tender before' suit. Trial by jury at the October Term, 1903, Essex County, Munson, J., presiding. On motion, the court directed a verdict for the plaintiffs. Judgment on verdict. The defendants excepted. The opinion states the facts. The school directora are the statutory agents of the school district and not subject to the control of the district.
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Assumpsit for wood sold and delivered. Pleas, the general issue, and tender before' suit. Trial by jury at the October Term, 1903, Essex County, Munson, J., presiding. On motion, the court directed a verdict for the plaintiffs. Judgment on verdict. The defendants excepted. The opinion states the facts. The school directora are the statutory agents of the school district and not subject to the control of the district. School Dist. v. Harvey, 56 Vt. 556; Mason v. School Dist., 20 Vt. 491; Chittenden v. Waterbury, 56 Vt. 551; Cóbb v. Pomfret, 63 Vt. 648; Wait v. Ray, 67 N. Y. 36. A town may be…
1Opinion of the CourtRowell, C. J.
This is assumpsit for wood sold and delivered by the plaintiff Currier. Pleas, the general issue and tender before suit. The wood was bought for the district by the school directors; but they refused to draw an order on the district treasurer to' pay for it, because they claimed it was not according to the contract. Currier made out a bill for the wood, and gave an order on the district for its payment to the plaintiff Norcross. In the warning for the annual town meeting in 1903, there was an article to> see if the town would vote to pay said bill to Norcross, and the meeting voted to pay it…
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