Cutting v. Stone
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action to recover the penalty of ten dollars given by statute for resisting the plaintiff in driving the defendant’s cow to pound, and rescuing her. The cause came by appeal to the county court, and was tried on the general issue joined to the court.
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This was an action to recover the penalty of ten dollars given by statute for resisting the plaintiff in driving the defendant’s cow to pound, and rescuing her. The cause came by appeal to the county court, and was tried on the general issue joined to the court. Qn the trial the plaintiff offered in evidence the application to the selectmen of Cabot, which was as follows: “ To the selectmen of the town of Cabot: We your petitioners request you to lay out and establish a village in said town, to extend from Samuel Hall’s to William Scales’ and also to John W. Dana’s and Thomas Ly ford’s…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Collamer, J.
The statute of 1819 provides, that the selectmen, oh proper application, are to “ lay out and establish the limits and bounds” of the village. It forbids, under somewhat severe penalties, the permitting cattle, horses, geese, &tc. to run at largo within said bounds, and permits the impounding horses and cattle to enforce the penalty.
*475It is obvious chat the bounds should be definite and distinct, and the words of this statute are more explicit than those which relate to the liberties of jail yards. Much liberality has been indulged in…
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