Town of Baltimore v. Town of Chester
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an order of removal of Joseph P. Glynn and Nancy Glynn, his wife, from the town of Baltimore to the town of Chester. Trial by the court, May Term, 1880, Barrett, J., presiding. Plea, that the last legal settlement of the pauper was not in the town of Chester. The court decided that the pauper had not gained a settlement in Baltimore. The facts, relating to the question decided by the Supreme Court, are sufficiently stated in the opinion.
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This was an order of removal of Joseph P. Glynn and Nancy Glynn, his wife, from the town of Baltimore to the town of Chester. Trial by the court, May Term, 1880, Barrett, J., presiding. Plea, that the last legal settlement of the pauper was not in the town of Chester. The court decided that the pauper had not gained a settlement in Baltimore. The facts, relating to the question decided by the Supreme Court, are sufficiently stated in the opinion. Did the pauper acquire a legal settlement in Baltimore by his family having resided there seven years ? We say not, for the reason that for nearly…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
One question in this case is, whether the imprisonment of the pauper in question in the State prison interrupted his residence in Baltimore so as to affect his acquiring a settlemeut there. The case finds that he resided in Baltimore with his family from September, 1871, tó May, 1877; and at the May Term of Windsor County Court, 1877, he was sentenced to the State prison for a term of two years for poisoning swine ; and was confined in said prison for the term of his sentence, except two months which was deducted for good behavior. If this…
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