Town of Craftsbury v. Town of Greensboro
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for the expense of maintaining certain paupers alleged to be chargeable to the defendant town. Plea, the general issue.' Trial by jury at the February term, 1894, Orleans county, Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts.
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Assumpsit for the expense of maintaining certain paupers alleged to be chargeable to the defendant town. Plea, the general issue.' Trial by jury at the February term, 1894, Orleans county, Rowell, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The plaintiff sought to recover the expense of supporting the wife and children of O. A. Silver, the family of one William Graham, and one Elizabeth Graham, upon the ground that the said Silver, the said William Graham, and the said Elizabeth Graham, were paupers who had resided for more than three years in the town of…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
In deciding this case, it is not necessary for this court to pass upon the question whether O. A. Silver was emancipated prior to his marriage in January, 1881. Not being non comftos, the presumption is that he was emancipated upon attaining his majority. Poultney v. Glover, 23 Vt. 328; Hardwick v. Pawlet, 36 Vt. 320; Westmore v. Sheffield, 56 Vt. 239. But whatever may have been his relation to his father’s family before his marriage, he certainly was emancipated by his marriage. All the authorities agree that marriage emancipates a child, even though a minor. Bradford v. Lunenburg, 5 Vt.…
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