Burnham v. Town of Chelsea
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit, to recover the sum of three hundred dollars, pursu- . ant to a vote of the town of Chelsea on the 24th day of July, 1863. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, December term, 1869, Peck, J., presiding.
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Assumpsit, to recover the sum of three hundred dollars, pursu- . ant to a vote of the town of Chelsea on the 24th day of July, 1863. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, December term, 1869, Peck, J., presiding. The plaintiff was drafted from the town of Chelsea in August, 1863. The following- votes of said town were introduced : Town Meeting, July 25, 1863. Article 2. “To see if said meeting will vote to pay the sum of three hundred dollars to each of the men that shall be drafted, under the present conscription law of the United States.” Yoted—“ To pass and adopt the following…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wilson, J.
The town of Chelsea, on the 25th day of July, 1863, voted to pay to each man, or his legal representative, who should be drafted from the defendant town, to fill its quota under the then -present call, and be accepted and actually join the army of the United States, in person, or by a legal substitute, the sum of three hundred dollars. The plaintiff was drafted from said town in August, 1863. He had knowledge of said vote., and relying upon it, he procured a substitute, who was mustered into the army of the United States, for which he was…
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