Ladd v. Town of Franklin
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, by the plaintiff as bearer, upon a note executed by the selectmen of the defendant town brought to the Superior Court in New London county, and tried on the general issue with notice closed to the court, before Carpenter, J. The note was as follows :— “ $165.00. On demand, value received in nine months’ volunteer militia service, we the undersigned, Selectmen of the town of Franklin, or our successors in office, promise to pay Ezra B. Bailey, or bearer, One…
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Assumpsit, by the plaintiff as bearer, upon a note executed by the selectmen of the defendant town brought to the Superior Court in New London county, and tried on the general issue with notice closed to the court, before Carpenter, J. The note was as follows :— “ $165.00. On demand, value received in nine months’ volunteer militia service, we the undersigned, Selectmen of the town of Franklin, or our successors in office, promise to pay Ezra B. Bailey, or bearer, One Hundred and Sixty-Five Dollars, with interest, on the 1st day of April, 1863, and annually thereafter. Franklin, Conn., Sept.…
1Opinion of the CourtPhelps, J.
To determine this case let us briefly recur to the facts. The defendant, on the 26th day of July, 1862, in legal meeting, voted to pay $50 from its treasury to such resident volunteers as should thereafter, before the 1st day of September following, enlist in the service of the United States, and also to those who had previously enlisted since the 14th day of the said July ; such bounty to be paid when such recruits should be mustered into the United States service and accredited to the town; and the selectmen were appointed a committee to pay to the volunteer or his order such bounty when…
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