Walbridge v. Walbridge
Supreme Court of Vermont
Petition for a writ of certiorari. The petition alleged that the defendant preferred his complaint to the June term, 1872, of the county court, against the petitioner and one Henry ’S. Walbridge, wherein he complained, “That Stebbins D. Walbridge, of said Bennington, and having his legal settlement in said Bennington, is poor and unable to support himself by reason of age and infirmity, and would long since have been, and would still be, chargeable to the town of Bennington…
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Petition for a writ of certiorari. The petition alleged that the defendant preferred his complaint to the June term, 1872, of the county court, against the petitioner and one Henry ’S. Walbridge, wherein he complained, “That Stebbins D. Walbridge, of said Bennington, and having his legal settlement in said Bennington, is poor and unable to support himself by reason of age and infirmity, and would long since have been, and would still be, chargeable to the town of Bennington for his support, had not the said James H. Walbridge, complainant, supported, and did he not still support, him the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Peck, J.
This is a petition for a writ of certiorari to be issued for the purpose of quashing the proceedings of the county court, *624in which that court, on petition of James H. Walbridge against Edward Walbridge and Henry S. Walbridge, apportioned between the three, being brothers, the sum each should contribute to the support of their father, Stebbins D. Walbridge, under the statute on this subject. As the issuing of a writ of certiorari is, to a great extent, matter of discretion, the practice is to hear the merits of the case upon the petition for the…
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