Woodbridge v. Proprietors of Addison
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action on book account sent to auditors at the June term of the county court, A. D. 1838, whose report of facts, as far as they are important to be here stated, was as follows : “ The plaintiff presented his account against the defendants and proved the services performed and the monies paid as there charged.
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This was an action on book account sent to auditors at the June term of the county court, A. D. 1838, whose report of facts, as far as they are important to be here stated, was as follows : “ The plaintiff presented his account against the defendants and proved the services performed and the monies paid as there charged. The defendants then objected to the allowance of any of the plaintiff’s accounts, on the ground that they have never employed the plaintiff to render the services or pay the monies charged in said account. The plaintiff then proved that a meeting of the proprietors and owners…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was pronounced by
Williams, C. J.
— We think the auditors decided correctly in this case on the naked question of law on which their report was founded. Proprietors of common and undivided lands are made a corporation for particular and limited purposes, the statute making them such must regulate their proceedings, or at least they cannot act in contravention of this statute. These meetings must be warned in the manner directed. — The subjects to be acted on must be notified in the warning and published as directed, and those proprietors who do not feel any interest in…
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