Town of Sandgate v. Town of Rupert
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for the support of a pauper. Heard upon an agreed statement of facts at the June term, 1893, Bennington county, Thompson, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts.
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Assumpsit for the support of a pauper. Heard upon an agreed statement of facts at the June term, 1893, Bennington county, Thompson, J., presiding. Judgment pro forma for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The name of the pauper was Fred Conkey, and the agreed statement of facts, so far as is material, was as follows : “The said Conkey was thirty years old in July, 1892, was born in Hebron, in the state of New York, was the son of William Conkey, and grandson of Nathaniel Conkey. William Conkey died in Sandgate before June, 1874 5 his wife, the pauper’s mpther, had deceased about eight…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
It appears from the agreed statement of facts that the pauper in question was, on the first day of July, 1874, ordered to remove to the defendant town. Before he was removed the defendant accepted him and supported him in the plaintiff town, except for a few weeks ‘ while he was supported in the defendant town by the defendant, until April 1, 1891, when the defendant refused to longer support him. The pauper has always held himself subject to the direction of the defendant as to where he should be kept, and he lived in the plaintiff town while he was being supported by the defendant, because…
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