Geer v. 10th School District
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action oft assumpsit for labor and materials in repairing the school-house in the district aforesaid.— Plea, non- assumpsit; on which issue was joined to the jury. . The plaintiff offered in evidence the record of said school district No. 10, shewing a regular meeting of said district, and a vote appointing the plaintiff, and P. Benham, and A. G. Tower a committee to repair said school-house.
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This was an action oft assumpsit for labor and materials in repairing the school-house in the district aforesaid.— Plea, non- assumpsit; on which issue was joined to the jury. . The plaintiff offered in evidence the record of said school district No. 10, shewing a regular meeting of said district, and a vote appointing the plaintiff, and P. Benham, and A. G. Tower a committee to repair said school-house. The plaintiff then offered to prove that after his appointment as one of the committee, in pursuance of an agreement of the three distributing the job, labored on s,aid house in repairing…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was pronounced by
Mattocks, J.
— It appears that the plaintiff and two others were duly appointed, by a vote of the district, “ a committee to finish and repair the school-house.” — That after the appointment, the committee distributed the job among themselves — each furnishing a separate portion of the materials, and performing each a separate portion of the labor, and making distinct and several charges against the district. — That there was no joint interest in the labor or- materials, in all or any two of the committee. And for the work and labor, and for the…
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