Carpenter v. Town of Corinth
Supreme Court of Vermont
These were two petitions to the Supreme. Court for the County of Orange, for a rehearing on the questions of law involved and decided by the Supreme Court in the original cases, and also for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence.
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These were two petitions to the Supreme. Court for the County of Orange, for a rehearing on the questions of law involved and decided by the Supreme Court in the original cases, and also for a new trial on the ground of newly discovered evidence. The original suits were upon the bond of Carpenter for the faithful discharge of his duties as constable and collector of the defendant town, for the years 1879 and 1880. It had been claimed by the sureties in those suits that the moneys collected by Carpenter in those years had been actually paid over to the town by him, but that they had been…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Tyler, J.
The petitioners were principal and sureties upon Carpenter’s bonds to the town of Corinth, in the years 1879 and 1880. Judgments were rendered at the General Term, 1887,. against the petitioners, who were defendants in the suits upon which these petitions were brought, on the ground of Carpenter’s, default in not paying over money received by him as collector of taxes on the tax bills for those years, as reported by the referee.
The petitioners ask that those suits be brought forward and reheard, and allege : 1st. That the referee failed to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Town of Lyndon v. MillerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1863
- Town of Ferrisburg v. MartinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1888
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- Town of Enfield v. HamiltonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930