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Moores v. Inhabitants of Springfield

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  • Title: Moores v. Inhabitants of Springfield
  • Author : Penobscot Supreme Court of Maine
  • Release Date : January 28, 1949
  • Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
  • Pages : * pages
  • Size : 73 KB

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Exceptions to acceptance of report of referee. This is an action of special assumpsit brought by Clyde A. Moores, described in the writ as doing business under the name and style of E. & A. Moores, on twenty town orders drawn by the selectmen of the defendant town upon the treasurer thereof. The orders were all negotiable in form, being payable in each instance to named persons or order. The orders were presented for payment and were all accepted in writing by the town treasurer with the exception of three which were accepted by the assistant treasurer, one of which was directed to the town treasurer, Jennie Monroe, and accepted by her as assistant treasurer. The declaration consists of twenty separate counts, one on each of the several orders. The plaintiff sues as either the payee of the order or as endorsee thereof. The orders were introduced in evidence and those payable to third parties are all endorsed with the exception of two, they being those numbered 576 and 145. The orders may be grouped as orders issued to pay for pauper supplies, for the salary of the plaintiff as a selectman, one for a bush scythe and the remainder for labor on roads. The pauper supplies are divided between supplies for state paupers and supplies for a pauper belonging to a neighboring town. The road work is divided between labor on third class road, maintenance of third class road, labor on town road, labor on state road, labor on improved road and ""snow plowing."" The plea was the general issue with a brief statement. The brief statement set forth the following grounds of defense: (1) the statute of limitations to the first thirteen counts; (2) that at the time of execution of the several orders sued upon the defendant town was indebted in excess of the amount allowed by law; (3) that the officers executing the orders were never authorized to sign the same and had no authority to obligate the defendant town; (4) that the plaintiff at the time the orders were executed was a selectman of the town of Springfield and, as such, was an interested party because some of the orders were payable to him and the other orders came directly into his possession ""which is contrary to R. S., Chap. 80, Sec. 78."" The defendant also filed an affidavit denying signature and execution of the orders in accordance with Rule X of the Supreme Judicial and Superior Courts.


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