Town of Hartford v. Town of Hartland
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of Sophronia Adaline Patch and her children from Hartford to Hartland, made, March 12, 1844, by two justices of the peace, under the statute. Pleas, that the paupers had not their legal settlement in Hartland, and that they were not legally chargeable to Hartford at the time of removal, and trial by jury, November Term, 1844, — Hebard, J., presiding.
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Appeal from an order of removal of Sophronia Adaline Patch and her children from Hartford to Hartland, made, March 12, 1844, by two justices of the peace, under the statute. Pleas, that the paupers had not their legal settlement in Hartland, and that they were not legally chargeable to Hartford at the time of removal, and trial by jury, November Term, 1844, — Hebard, J., presiding. On trial it appeared that William Patch, the husband of the said Sophronia, had a derivative settlement in Hartland at the time of his death, which was August 1, 1843, unless he had acquired a settlement in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, Ch., J.
It is not necessary to state all the facts relating to the question of settlement The settlement was indisputably in Hartland, unless William Patch, the late husband of the said Sophronia, and the father of her children, acquired a settlement in Hartford, under the eighth clause of section one of the statute of November 26, 1817, (which is re-enacted, and forms the eighth clause of section one of chap. 15 of the Revised Statutes,) by a residence fhere, supporting himself and family for the term of seven years.
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