Gregory v. Reeve
New York Court of Chancery
THE bill charged, that at a meeting of the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the towns of Sand Lake and Berlin on the 13th of May, 1813, for the purpose of apportioning the money and the poor belonging to the town of B., between the two towns of B. and S., pursuantto the second section of the “ Act to divide the towns of Greenbush and Berlin in the county of Rensselaer into three towns,” passed June 19th, 1812, (sess. 35 ch. 204.) the overseers of the poor of Berlin,…
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THE bill charged, that at a meeting of the supervisors and overseers of the poor of the towns of Sand Lake and Berlin on the 13th of May, 1813, for the purpose of apportioning the money and the poor belonging to the town of B., between the two towns of B. and S., pursuantto the second section of the “ Act to divide the towns of Greenbush and Berlin in the county of Rensselaer into three towns,” passed June 19th, 1812, (sess. 35 ch. 204.) the overseers of the poor of Berlin, by fraudulent misrepresentations caused the supervisor and overseers of the poor of Sand Lake to enter into an agreement…
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor said,
that he did not consider that he could give relief under the bill, for or against the parties, in their individual capacities; and that if there was any remedy, as between the two towns, it was at law, by mandamus, certiorari, or personal action. The following decretal order was then entered: “It is declared, &¿c. that the remedy (if any) by the present overseers of the poor of the town of Sand Lake, against the present overseers of the poor of the town of Berlin, for an alleged fraud committed by a former overseer of the poor of the town of Berlin, upon a former…
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