Town of Woodstock v. Town of Hartland
Supreme Court of Vermont
Indebitatus Assumpsit for money paid, laid out and expended. The parties agreed upon a statement of facts substantially as follows. The money expended by the plaintiffs was for the board of Adolphus Whitney, while confined for a few weeks in close jail in Woodstock, upon execution, in the fall or winter of 1846. Whitney was born in this state, and had resided sufficiently long in Hartland) previous to 1837, to gain a legal settlement in that town.
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Indebitatus Assumpsit for money paid, laid out and expended. The parties agreed upon a statement of facts substantially as follows. The money expended by the plaintiffs was for the board of Adolphus Whitney, while confined for a few weeks in close jail in Woodstock, upon execution, in the fall or winter of 1846. Whitney was born in this state, and had resided sufficiently long in Hartland) previous to 1837, to gain a legal settlement in that town. In the spring of 1837 he was committed to jail in Woodstock, upon execution, and gave a jail bond, and was admitted to the liberties of the prison.…
1Opinion of the Court
*566The opinion of the court was delivered by
Royce, Ch. J,
It is not disputed, that the settlement of Whitney was in Hartland, if it were not in Woodstock. He was brought to Woodstock, in the spring of 1837, under arrest upon a writ of execution; and having been committed to jail upon the execution, he was admitted to the liberties of the prison upon executing a jail bond to the sheriff. And the first question to be determined is, whether he acquired a settlement in Woodstock, by residence for the term of seven years, while living within the liberties in obedience to the stipulations of his bond.…
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