Haven v. Town of Ludlow
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit, to recover town bounty. Plea, the general issue. Trial by the court, May term; 1867, Windsor county, BARRETT, J., presiding.
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Assumpsit, to recover town bounty. Plea, the general issue. Trial by the court, May term; 1867, Windsor county, BARRETT, J., presiding. The plaintiff gave in evidence general order No. 1, of the governor of this state, dated October 28, 1868, appointing selectmen recruiting officers, etc.; also, order No. 2, 1863, assigning the quotas of the respective towns and showing the deficiency of each town; also the record of a meeting of said town held on the 31st day of December, 1863, and the warning of said meeting, dated December 19, 1863, the town voting to pay a bounty of $500 to each volunteer…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, C. J.
It appears from the exceptions in this case, that on the 21st day of December, 1863, the plaintiff was in the service of the United States as a soldier, and stationed at Brandy Station, Virginia; on that day he re-enlisted as a veteran volunteer ; that at the time he re-enlistod he was told by his captain that towns were paying large boxxnties, and that he could be set to the credit of any town that he should elect; that the plaintiff made his father, Parker A. Haven, his agent in the matter, and through him inquired what bounties the…
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