Town of Randolph v. Town of Roxbury
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit to recover for the support of an alleged pauper. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June Term, 1897, Orange County, Thompson, J., presiding. The court directed a non-suit. The plaintiff excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
The plaintiff offered in evidence a notice which was sent by its overseer of the poor to, and received by, the defendant’s overseer of the poor, about September 20, 1894, informing him that one Elijah Darling, whose last known residence was in the defendant town, had no visible means of support, and that he would have to be taken care of and provided for by the plaintiff town, and demanding that the defendant’s overseer take, or cause to be taken, such action as would relieve and free the plaintiff town from all trouble and expense in providing for his support; and, in connection with the…
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