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Sebastian v. School Directors

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jun 14, 1940
306 Ill. App. 282 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)

Opinion

Opinion filed June 14, 1940

SCHOOLS AND EDUCATION, § 113irregularity in purchasing furnace, estoppel. Where three school directors met informally and purchased a furnace for the school, all three signing the order, the action was irregular because not taken at a regular or special meeting at which a record was kept, but since the school used the furnace for more than three years before suit, in action for its price directors were estopped to set up the irregularity.

See Callaghan's Illinois Digest, same topic and section number.

Appeal from Circuit Court of Clinton county; Hon. JOSIAH J. BULLINGTON, presiding.

Reversed and remanded with directions. Heard in this court at February term, 1940.

Layman Johnson, for appellant;

W.W. Johnson, of counsel;

William R. Murphy and Maurice B. Johnston, for appellees.


"Not to be published in full." Opinion filed June 14, 1940.


Summaries of

Sebastian v. School Directors

Appellate Court of Illinois
Jun 14, 1940
306 Ill. App. 282 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)
Case details for

Sebastian v. School Directors

Case Details

Full title:A. H. Sebastian, Appellant, v. School Directors of District Number…

Court:Appellate Court of Illinois

Date published: Jun 14, 1940

Citations

306 Ill. App. 282 (Ill. App. Ct. 1940)
28 N.E.2d 340

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