School-District v. Morrill
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Debt, against the selectmen of Andover for school-money belonging to the plaintiffs, remaining unpaid, made up of a tax upon the polls and taxable estate in the town, the literary fund and the-dog-tax, and assigned to the plaintiffs by a former board of selectmen for the years ending March, 1877, and March, 1878. Plea, nil debet. Facts found by a referee. During those years no school was kept,, and in the former year there were only one or two scholars in the district.
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Debt, against the selectmen of Andover for school-money belonging to the plaintiffs, remaining unpaid, made up of a tax upon the polls and taxable estate in the town, the literary fund and the-dog-tax, and assigned to the plaintiffs by a former board of selectmen for the years ending March, 1877, and March, 1878. Plea, nil debet. Facts found by a referee. During those years no school was kept,, and in the former year there were only one or two scholars in the district. Since the summer of 1878 there have been ten or twelve scholars, and one term of school each year. Thompson, who acted as…
1Opinion of the CourtBingham, J.
There has been no change in the boundaries of the district since 1862. However organized, it was legalized by Gen. St., e. 78, s. 3. School-District v. Pillsbury, 58 N. H. 423. The selectmen of each town assess a sum annually upon the polls and taxable estate therein, for the purpose of keeping schools within such town, including the purchase of fuel and making repairs, assign to each district a proportion of the money thus raised, according to its valuation, or in such other manner as the town at the annual meeting shall direct, and pay over the same to the prudential committee of the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- School-District v. PillsburySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1878