School Directors v. Sippy

Citations

• 54 Ill. 287

Syllabus

<p>1. School directors—of their power to execute promissory notes. The power given to school directors, by the statute of 1865, upon a vote of the people, to borrow money for certain purposes and issue bonds therefor, can not be enlarged by construction or implication so as to authorize them to execute promissory notes, which, in themselves, would be binding on the district.</p> <p>2. Same—pleading and proofs in such case. And in an action against the directors in their corporate capacity to recover the amount of a note executed by them, the declaration should show an indebtedness contracted in the manner and for the purpose authorized by the statute, and on the trial, proof should be made of these facts; the note would then be admissible in evidence as tending to show the amount of money loaned, but would not, of itself, prove a liability.</p>