Freeman v. Brooks

This action was brought by plaintiff as a taxpayer based upon the general ground of alleged wastefulness, to restrain the defendants from “ auditing, authorizing or allowing the payment ” of the sum of $13,761.95, or any portion of the same to Stone, Gannon & Petit, or to Charles L. Stone, as a balance for legal services claimed to have been rendered. The case was tried *451before a referee, and judgment has been had for the defendants, dismissing the complaint.

The necessary certificate of the referee, before whom the case was tried, is furnished upon this motion, and there is little dispute upon…