Town of Danville v. Town of Hartford
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action by the plaintiff to recover of the defendant for the support of a pauper. Caledonia County, December Term, 1900. On an agreed statement of facts the court, Taft, C. J., presiding, pro forma and without hearing, rendered judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
It appears, that the pauper has, from childhood, been of weak mind and incapable of exercising any choice or intention in regard to her place of residence, and, for this reason, during the life of her parents, remained unemancipated ; that her father, for many years prior to his death In 1864, resided in the defendant town, supporting himself and family; and that, after the father’s death, the pauper resided with her mother until the death of her mother in July, 1886. It does not appear that the mother ever resided in any town in the state for three years, maintaining herself and family; but…
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