South School District v. Blakeslee
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of trespass for forcible injuries to the school-house of the plaintiffs, its fixtures and furniture. The plaintiffs were described as “ The South School District, situated in the society of Northford, in the town of North-Branford, in New-Haven countyand the action was alleged to be prosecuted by “ Samuel Bartholomew, Joel Augur and Russell B. Dowd, inhabitants of said South School District, and duly appointed agents of the same.”
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This was an action of trespass for forcible injuries to the school-house of the plaintiffs, its fixtures and furniture. The plaintiffs were described as “ The South School District, situated in the society of Northford, in the town of North-Branford, in New-Haven countyand the action was alleged to be prosecuted by “ Samuel Bartholomew, Joel Augur and Russell B. Dowd, inhabitants of said South School District, and duly appointed agents of the same.” The defendant pleaded in abatement, 1st, That said Samuel Bartholomeio, Joel Augur and Russell B. Dowd, are not now, and have never been,…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
1. School districts in this state are not usually created by particular acts of the legislature, but under a general statute, providing that “ each school society shall have power to divide itself into, and establish proper and necessary districts for keeping schools, and to alter them from time to time as there may be occasion.” Slat. 398. tit. 84. c. 1. ⅛\ 3. There is no provision in the statute, making it necessary for the society, in establishing a district, to designate the name by *234which it shall be called ; nor is it usual, in practice. Hence, when a district is formed, the inhabitants…
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