Graham v. Monsergh
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was a complaint for bastardy, in which it was alleged, that on the eighth of July, 1847, a child was begotten by the defendant upon the body of the complainant at Stanstead in Canada East, and that said child was born a bastard at Walpole in the state of New Hampshire on the tenth of April, 1848, and was still living.
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This was a complaint for bastardy, in which it was alleged, that on the eighth of July, 1847, a child was begotten by the defendant upon the body of the complainant at Stanstead in Canada East, and that said child was born a bastard at Walpole in the state of New Hampshire on the tenth of April, 1848, and was still living. The defendant moved, that the suit be dismissed, alleging, that neither the defendant, nor the complainant, nor the bastard child, was, at the time of making the complaint, or at any time before or since that time, a citizen, inhabitant, or resident of the county of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
This is a complaint and proceeding, under the statute in regard to bastards and bastardy. The important facts, admitted on the record, are, that the child, which is confessedly not legitimate, was begotten and born out of the state, and the parties never resided in the state, the mother only being temporarily here, at the time the proceedings were instituted. The child resided, or was in the keeping of a family, which resided, in Derby in this state, at the time of the trial.
The court are well agreed, that a proceeding, for the purpose of…
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