Brown v. Inhabitants On Winterport
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. The case is stated iu the opinion. cited : 21 Howard, 42 ; 51 Am. Eep. 88 ; 78 Ill. 170 ; 47 Miss. 24; 51 Miss. 305 ; 82 Penn. 297 59 Am. Dec. 451; Hodge v. Linn, 100 Ill. ; 25 Alb. L. J. 37 ; State v. Rogers, 86 N. C.; 26 Alb.
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On report. The case is stated iu the opinion. cited : 21 Howard, 42 ; 51 Am. Eep. 88 ; 78 Ill. 170 ; 47 Miss. 24; 51 Miss. 305 ; 82 Penn. 297 59 Am. Dec. 451; Hodge v. Linn, 100 Ill. ; 25 Alb. L. J. 37 ; State v. Rogers, 86 N. C.; 26 Alb. L. J. 336; 4 Co wen, 297; 8 Cowen, 102; 20 Wend. 14; 3 Hill, 42; 5 Denio, 409 ; 20 Pick. 484; 7 Pick. 18; 116 Mass. 172; 122 Mass. 270; 40 Vt. 371; 41 Vt. 28, 418; Hunneman v. Grafton, 10 Met. 454 ; 42 Yt. 485 ; 44 Yt. 87 ; 8 Mich. 100 ; Lawrence v. Taylor, 5 Hill, 107; Angelí and Ames, Corp. 9 (ed.) § 304; 1 Potter, Corp. 211; 1 Dill. Mun. Corp. 385. The…
1Opinion of the CourtEmery, J.
This action, though in the name of nominal assignee, Brown, is in fact brought by the Mineral Hill Mining Company, to recover of the town of Winterport, money alleged to have been loaned to the town by that company. Two of the three selectmen of the town, Arey, (chairman) and Ritchie, assuming to act in behalf of the town, borrowed of the plaintiff company $550 as for the town, and gave what purported to be a town note therefor, signed by them as selectmen. This was May 31, 1881.
This transaction alone of course does not imply -a promise by the town to repay the money. To imply such a promise,…
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