Town of Bethel v. Town of Tunbridge
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of Adeline Dustin and and several minor children. This case was submitted to the decision of the county court on the following statement of facts, agreed upon by the parties, to wit- Adeline Dustin is the wife of Moses Dustin. Moses Dustin has no settlement in this state. Adeline Dustin’s settlement, at the time of her marriage with Moses Dustin, was in Tunbridge.
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Appeal from an order of removal of Adeline Dustin and and several minor children. This case was submitted to the decision of the county court on the following statement of facts, agreed upon by the parties, to wit- Adeline Dustin is the wife of Moses Dustin. Moses Dustin has no settlement in this state. Adeline Dustin’s settlement, at the time of her marriage with Moses Dustin, was in Tunbridge. On the 20th day of June, 1839, Moses Dustin and his family resided in said Bethel and had resided there for some time previously thereto. On said 20th day of June, 1839, Moses Dustin left said Bethel…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
This court is not aware, that the settlement of the wife is not affected in the same manner by the death of the husband, his utter abandonment of his family and removal beyond the limits of the state, and by a divorce a vinculo. In all these cases, if the husband had any settlement, within the state, the wife retains it. Royalton v. West Fairlee, 11 Vt. R. 438. If the husband had no such settlement then the wife is remitted to her settlement before the marriage, if she had one.
While the husband is alive and stands in his place, he is…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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