Town of St. Johnsbury v. Town of Morristown
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on s. 6, c. 20, Gen. Sts., to recover for expenses incurred in the support and burial of Zur Grout, an alleged pauper.
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Assumpsit on s. 6, c. 20, Gen. Sts., to recover for expenses incurred in the support and burial of Zur Grout, an alleged pauper. The case was referred, and the referee reported the following facts: On December 5,1876, the alleged pauper, who was then asking for relief from the plaintiff town, was brought before two justices of the peace on complaint of the plaintiff’s overseer of the poor, and, on examination then made, it was found that the pauper had come to reside in the plaintiff town, and was chargeable thereto, but had gained no legal settlement therein, but had his legal settlement in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the eourt was delivered by
Dunton, J.
This is an action of assumpsit under s. 6, c. 20, Gen. Sts., to recover certain expenses for the support and burial of a pauper.
At an examination, instituted by the overseer of the poor of the plaintiff town, before two justices of the peace, under section 4 of the same chapter of the General Statutes, an order of removal was granted by said justices, whereby the pauper was' ordered to be removed to the defendant town. These proceedings were commenced on the 5th day of December, A. D. 1876. The pauper at this time was sick and unable to be…
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