Hathaway v. Munroe

In a suit brought by a citizen tax payer, the chancellor granted and refused to vacate an order enjoining the awarding and execution of stated highway construction contracts by the State Road Department. An appeal was taken and a supersedeas is asked on the grounds that a citizen taxpayer has no right to maintain the suit and that the proposed contracts are legal and within the authority conferred by existing statutes. Sec. 1644, Comp. Gen. Laws 1927; Sec. 1, Chap 9312, Acts 1923.

A citizen taxpayer may have a right to maintain a suit to enjoin the execution of illegal contracts involving…