Hitchcock v. Town of Litchfield
Connecticut Superior Court
AotioN, declaring that said town at a legal town' meeting, holden on tbe 15th. day of April A. D. 1YYY; made and passed the following vote or grant, yiz.
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AotioN, declaring that said town at a legal town' meeting, holden on tbe 15th. day of April A. D. 1YYY; made and passed the following vote or grant, yiz. Yoted to pay on the 1st day of January, annually, out of the treasury of the town, to each noncommissioned officer and soldier, who already hath, or hereafter shall enlist, into either of the continental battalions, now raising in this state, for three year’s or during the war; after the rate of £12 per annum, during the time of his continuance in said service after this day, to the number of ninety-two; that being .the quota of this town to…
1Opinion of the Court
The grant, is expressly to such as had already enlisted as well as to those who should thereafter enlist — and the vote is equitable and just in itself; the public service and the plaintiff’s performing it is a good and sufficient consideration.
2Cited by3 opinions
- Booth v. Town of WoodburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- Webster v. Town of HarwintonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1864
- Barker v. Inhabitants of ChesterfieldMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1869