Town of Lincoln v. Town of Warren
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order, made by two justices of the peace, that John Butterfield, his wife and child, remove, as paupers, from Lincoln to Warren. Plea, that the paupers had not a legal settlement in Warren, and trial by jury, June Term, 1846, — Bennett, J., presiding.
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Appeal from an order, made by two justices of the peace, that John Butterfield, his wife and child, remove, as paupers, from Lincoln to Warren. Plea, that the paupers had not a legal settlement in Warren, and trial by jury, June Term, 1846, — Bennett, J., presiding. On trial it appeared, that John Butterfield with his wife and a son came to reside in Warren in 1820, and resided there until April, 1826, when he removed, with his family, to Waitsfield, and resided there until February, 1827, and then removed back to Warren and resided there until 1S29; that in 1823 and 1827 he was elected to…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Bennett, J.
It is to be taken that the pauper was appointed to and did discharge the duties of lister, in Warren, for the years 1823 and 1827, having been duly sworn to the faithful discharge of the duties of such office. It appears, however, that, between those years, he, together with his family, removed out of that town and continued to reside in a neighbouring town for the space of about ten months.
It is claimed in argument, that the pauper, to have gained a settlement under the statute of 1817, must have been a lister of the town in two consecutive…
2Cited by1 opinion
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