Dix v. Batchelder
Supreme Court of Vermont
Cask for neglect of the defendant, W. J. Batchelder, as constable of the town of Plainfield, in serving a writ in favor of the plaintiff against R. E. Peabody & Co. Jury Trial, September Term, 1881, Redfield, J., presiding. Verdict for plaintiff.
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Cask for neglect of the defendant, W. J. Batchelder, as constable of the town of Plainfield, in serving a writ in favor of the plaintiff against R. E. Peabody & Co. Jury Trial, September Term, 1881, Redfield, J., presiding. Verdict for plaintiff. It appeared on trial that the plaintiff, residing in Washington County, procured a writ in his favor against R. E. Peabody & Co., a company doing business in Caledonia County, and having no property in Washington County, and no member of said firm resided in Washington County; that he sent the writ by his brother, Orville Dix, to defendant,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Veazey, J.
■ The only questions now insisted upon arise upon the defendants’ requests and the charge of the court in respect thereto. It is claimed that a constable cannot be compelled to serve process beyond the limits of the town electing him, although his jurisdiction has been extended by vote throughout the State as provided it may. be. Acts of 1879, No. 82; Revised Laws, s. 851. In another form, it is claimed that constables are not under the same obligations as sheriffs, to serve process except within the limits of the town electing them; and that…
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