Town of Windham v. Town of Chester
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of Louisa Walker, her family and effects, from the town of Windham to the town of Chester.
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Appeal from an order of removal of Louisa Walker, her family and effects, from the town of Windham to the town of Chester. The complaint was dated January 25th, 1872, and alleged that “Alonzo B. Cook, late of Grafton, a stranger, has come to reside in said town of Windham, and has not gained a legal settlement therein ; and, also, one Louisa Walker and children, strangers, late of Chester, in the county of Windsor, have come to reside in said town of Windham, and have not gained a legal settlement therein ; and that the said Cook, Walker and her children, are likely to become chargeable,” &c.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
I. The defendant’s third ground for quashing the order of removal of the pauper, Louisa Walker, as stated in its motion, is, that one Alonzo B. Cook is joined with said Walker in the complaint. The order of removal of Louisa Walker and family, is that which is appealed from ; Cook is not joined in the order which is the subject of appeal. The complaint sets up Cook as a resident of Grafton, and not as a resident of Chester. From the papers in the case, it does not appear whether the justices made any order in regard to him. As he is not named…
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