Chandler v. Bradish
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trover for a harness. Plea, the general issue, with notice that the defendant would justify the taking as collector of a school district tax, and trial by jury, November Term, 1849, — Kellogg, J., presiding.
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Trover for a harness. Plea, the general issue, with notice that the defendant would justify the taking as collector of a school district tax, and trial by jury, November Term, 1849, — Kellogg, J., presiding. On trial, the plaintiff having proved the taking of the property by the defendant, and its value, the defendant offered in evidence the record of a meeting of school district No. 17 in Chester, held September 16, 1847. The warning, which was signed by the clerk, after reciting, that application had been made to the clerk to warn the meeting, notified the district to meet and act upon the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
1. We think the meeting of September 16,1847, is to be regarded as the annual meeting of the school district, and that the officers elected at that time would hold the offices, for which they were elected, from the date of their election until others were elected, at another annual meeting, to supersede them, — whether a few days more or less than a year from that date. This has certainly been the practical construction of that statute, and is the only one, which would be consistent with reason, unless some particular day for the…
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