Macoon v. Town of Berlin
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case under s. 13, c. 20, Gen. Sts., for the support of Hannah Parker, an alleged transient pauper. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, August Term, 1875, Redfield, J., presiding.
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Case under s. 13, c. 20, Gen. Sts., for the support of Hannah Parker, an alleged transient pauper. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, August Term, 1875, Redfield, J., presiding. It appeared that the legal settlement of said Hannah was in the town of Montpelier; that in February, 1871, the said Hannah, who was then seventy-three years old, went to plaintiff’s house in Berlin, with the desire to remain ; that within a few days thereafter, it was agreed between the plaintiff and. the sai,d Hannah that the plaintiff should keep her a year for the sum of $75 ; that the plaintiff kept…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of' the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
The liability of towns to support paupers is wholly imposed and regulated by statute. The general supervision and *15control of their support is intrusted to a special officer of the town, denominated the overseer of the poor. Unless by contract 'entered into by vote of the town in a legally warned town meeting, the town is not liable to third parties for the support of paupers found within its limits, with the exception of transient pau • pers, unless by contract entered into with its overseer of the poor. This is in accordance with not only the…
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- Wilbur v. Town of CalaisSupreme Court of Vermont · 1916