Town of Putney v. Bellows
Supreme Court of Vermont
A statement of the case, so far as necessary to apprehend the' points decided, is included in the opini'on of the court. The statute 1821,-(Comp.
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A statement of the case, so far as necessary to apprehend the' points decided, is included in the opini'on of the court. The statute 1821,-(Comp. Laws 139) enacts that, with certain exceptions which are therein enumerated, “any justice of the peace within his sphere is authorised to hear, try and determine all actions of a civil nature, when the debt or matter in demand does not exceed; one hundred dollars. — See to jurisdiction of county court, C. L. 119. The 15th section of the listers’ act of 1825 makes it the duty of “the listers” to require security t'o’ the satisfaction of “such…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Williams, Ch. J.
Tins was an action of debt, brought to recover several penalties under the 18th section of the listers’• act. By that section, the keeper of a stallion, if he neglects to comply with the requisites of the statute, forfeits the sum of five dollars for each mare the stallion shall be put to and cover during the season. The plaintiff, in his declaration, sets forth, in distinct counts, as many penalties as would give jurisdiction to the county court. On trial he proved that the horse went to fifteen mares and no more, and no proof was…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- McFarland v. McLaughlinSupreme Court of Vermont · 1824
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- McGray v. WheelerSupreme Court of Vermont · 1846