Town of Tunbridge v. Town of Norwich
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of John Broughton and his wife. The case was tried by the court upon the following state- " ment of facts, agreed to by the parties. About the year 1798 the said John Broughton, and his wife Hanpah Broughton, moved from the State of Connecticut into the town of Tunbridge, and resided there unitl the year 1817, during which time they had several children.
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Appeal from an order of removal of John Broughton and his wife. The case was tried by the court upon the following state- " ment of facts, agreed to by the parties. About the year 1798 the said John Broughton, and his wife Hanpah Broughton, moved from the State of Connecticut into the town of Tunbridge, and resided there unitl the year 1817, during which time they had several children. In the year 1817 the said Broughton moved with his wife and family into the State of New York; and in the year 1820 he left his wife and family in New York and came to the town of Norwich, where he resided, and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
The only question in the present case is, I apprehend, whether John Broughton, the husband, was duly removed. For if that is true of the husband, it follows, of necessity, in regard to the wife, — there being no law, by which she can have a settlement in any other town, than that of her husband’s settlement, if he has a legal settlement within the state.
There can be no good ground to doubt, from the case, that John Broughton had a legal settlement in Tunbridge in the year 1817, when he left for the state of New York. For, having resided in…
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