Town of Westfield v. Town of Coventry
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. For the support of a pauper. Plea, general issue. Trial by court upon an agreed statement at the September term, 1898, Orleans county, Munson, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. cited upon the main question, 18 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 798 ; Groton y. Shirley, 7 Mass. 156; Bethlehem y. Alexandria, 32 N. J. L. 66; Bethany v. Oxford, 15 Conn. 550; Hay River y. Sherman, 60 Wis. 54; Hopewell y. Independence, 12 Penn. 92; Mason y.
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Assumpsit. For the support of a pauper. Plea, general issue. Trial by court upon an agreed statement at the September term, 1898, Orleans county, Munson, J., presiding. Judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. cited upon the main question, 18 Am. & Eng. Ency. Law, 798 ; Groton y. Shirley, 7 Mass. 156; Bethlehem y. Alexandria, 32 N. J. L. 66; Bethany v. Oxford, 15 Conn. 550; Hay River y. Sherman, 60 Wis. 54; Hopewell y. Independence, 12 Penn. 92; Mason y. Alexandria, 3 N. H. 303; Woodstock y. Bethel, 66 Maine 569; Franklin v. Lebanon, 5Í. N. J. L. 93; Ashland County v. Richmond…
1Opinion of the CourtTyler, J.
This case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts by which it appears that Margaret Berry, the pauper, had resided continuously for more than twenty years next preceding April 1, 1895, in that part of defendant town known as Coventry Gore, which was on April 1, 1895, annexed to and made part of the town of Newport pursuant to No. 287 of the Acts of 1894, and that during all that time she had supported herself and family. She continued to reside there until October, 1896, when she left her house and farm and moved to the plaintiff town, where she has ever since resided. In the spring of…
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2Cases cited6 opinions
- Inhabitants of Groton v. Inhabitants of ShirleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Town of Corinth v. Town of NewburySupreme Court of Vermont · 1841
- Town of Wilmington v. Town of SomersetSupreme Court of Vermont · 1862
- Inhabitants of Brewer v. Inhabitants of EddingtonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1856
- City of Rutland v. Town of ProctorSupreme Court of Vermont · 1896
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