Legal Opinion
Destitute of Bennington County v. HENRY W. PUTNAM MH
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided October 5, 1965No. 218PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKeyser, J.
This action for a declaratory, judgment is brought in equity by the plaintiffs acting as the agents of the destitute of Bennington County under an appointment of the governor by authority of 14 V.S.A. §2401. The plaintiffs seek a declaration of the rights of said destitute under a deed of gift or trust, to the Village of Bennington from one Henry W. Putnam and the Bennington Water Company and under the statute which chartered the defendant hospital.
The plaintiffs also seek to have the defendant required to make reasonable rules and regulations relative to the admission and treatment of the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Dumaine v. DumaineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1938
- Dillaway v. BurtonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1926
- Porter v. Bank of RutlandSupreme Court of Vermont · 1847
- Bancroft v. Maine State Sanatorium Ass'nSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1920
- Schellentrager v. Tradesmens National Bank & Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1952
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3Cited by11 opinions
- John A. Rand, of the Estate of Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel, Deceased v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
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- Aiken v. MalloySupreme Court of Vermont · 1974
- State v. WiltNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1985
- Application of JonesSupreme Court of Vermont · 1980
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