Legal Opinion

Josselyn v. Town of Ludlow

Supreme Court of Vermont

Decided February 15, 1872PublishedCited by 1 opinion

Assumpsit for town, bounty. Plea, non-assumpsit. Trial by the court, May term, 1871, BaReett, J., presiding. The plaintiff gave in evidence, subject to objection, the certificate of the adjutant and inspector general, by his assistant, James S. Peck, dated the 21st of April, 1869; general order no. 1, of the governor of this State, dated October 28th, 1863, appointing selectmen recruiting officers, &c. ; also order no. 2, 1863, assigning the quotas of the respective towns…

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1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Ross, J.

The article in the warning, under which the vote of March 11, 1865, was passed, only authorized the voting of “ bounties to veterans who have re-enlisted in the field.” Hence the term “ re-enlistcd veteran ” in the vote must be construed as applicable only to that class of re-enlisted veterans who re-enlisted in the field ; by which we mean those soldiers who, at the date of the re-enlistment, were in the service, and had been for a sufficient length of time to be classed as veterans. We do not mean to say that the re-enlistment must,…

2Cases cited3 opinions

Cox v. Town of Mount TaborSupreme Court of Vermont · 1868
Gale v. Town of JamaicaSupreme Court of Vermont · 1867
Haven v. Town of LudlowSupreme Court of Vermont · 1868

3Cited by1 opinion

Francis v. London Guarantee & Accident Co.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1927