Town of Tunbridge v. Town of Eden
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of a pauper. The case was tried by tbe court at the June Term, 1865, Pecs, J. presiding, on an agreed statement cf facts as follows : The pauper, George Lunt, is a minor of about the age of nineteen years, and is the legitimate son of John Lunt. The said John Lunt now resides in Eden and did reside there at the time of the removal of the pauper from Tunbridge to Eden, and had his legal settlement in Eden.
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Appeal from an order of removal of a pauper. The case was tried by tbe court at the June Term, 1865, Pecs, J. presiding, on an agreed statement cf facts as follows : The pauper, George Lunt, is a minor of about the age of nineteen years, and is the legitimate son of John Lunt. The said John Lunt now resides in Eden and did reside there at the time of the removal of the pauper from Tunbridge to Eden, and had his legal settlement in Eden. John Lunt formerly resided in Tunbridge and had his legal settlement there before removing to Eden, and his settlement continued in Tunbridge until he gained…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
WiLSON, J.
The important inquiry is whether the pauper was so emancipated that he could not take derivatively from the settlement subsequently acquired by his father. It is conceded that the father of the pauper formerly resided in Tunbridge where he gained a legal settlement, and that the pauper at the same time held a derivative settlement from his father in Tunbridge. It is also conceded that subsequently to the alleged emancipation of the pauper, his father by seven years continuous residence in the town of Eden acquired a legal settlement in the…
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