Spafford v. Town of Norwich
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the May term, 1898, Windsor county, Ross, C. J., presiding. Verdict ordered and judgment thereon rendered for the defendants. The plaintiff excepted. cited V. S. 3016, 3020, 5007, 5008; Burton y. Norwich, 34 Vt. 345; Cabot y. Britt, 36 Vt. 349; Cobb y. Cowdery, 40 Vt. 25; Hawk y. Marion County, 48 la. 472; Symmes y. Frasier, 6 Mass. 344; Freeman y. Boston, 5 Met. 56; Loring y. Boston, 7 Met. 409; Crawshaw y.
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Assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the May term, 1898, Windsor county, Ross, C. J., presiding. Verdict ordered and judgment thereon rendered for the defendants. The plaintiff excepted. cited V. S. 3016, 3020, 5007, 5008; Burton y. Norwich, 34 Vt. 345; Cabot y. Britt, 36 Vt. 349; Cobb y. Cowdery, 40 Vt. 25; Hawk y. Marion County, 48 la. 472; Symmes y. Frasier, 6 Mass. 344; Freeman y. Boston, 5 Met. 56; Loring y. Boston, 7 Met. 409; Crawshaw y. Roxbury, 7 Gray 374; Janvrin y. Exeter, 48 N. £L 83; Dillon Mun. Corp. § 139; Bay y. Cook, 22 N. J. 343; Brown y. Bradlee, 156 Mass.…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
These cases were heard together. The facts, rulings and exceptions were substantially alike in both cases. The actions are assumpsit for the recovery of one *79thousand dollars, alleged to have been offered by Charles A. Brown, A. W. Brigham and C. E. Ensworth, as selectmen of the town of Norwich, for and on behalf of said town, as a reward for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who removed the body of Joseph S. Murdock from its grave in the New Cemetery at Norwich, and the recovery of the body. It appeared that the selectmen signed a writing, purporting to offer such a reward,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Taft v. Town of PittsfordSupreme Court of Vermont · 1856
- Sheldon & Cushman v. Town of BenningtonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1895
- Clay v. WrightSupreme Court of Vermont · 1872
- Huthsing v. BousquetUnited States Circuit Court · 1881
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- Sargent v. ClarkSupreme Court of Vermont · 1910
- Gibson & Waterman v. Town of VernonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1916