County of Jefferson v. City of Watertown
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Submission of a controversy upon an agreed statement of facts, pursuant to section 1279 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
1Opinion of the Court
Spring, J.:
The village of Watertown was incorporated prior to 1831. (See Laws of 1831, chap. 291.) A volunteer fire department was early organized, was incorporated in 1850, and before 1861 its members had been relieved from jury duty and the payment of poll taxes. (See Laws of 1831, chap. 291, § 13 ; Laws of 1852, chap. 350, § 36; Laws of 1850, chap. 322, as amd. by Laws of 1859, chap. 330.)
By section 10 of chapter 322 of the Laws of 1850 (added by Laws of 1859, chap. 330 and amd. by Laws of 1861, chap. 135) it was provided that members of the department “ while in actual service and all…
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