Town of Elmore v. Town of Calais
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the removal of a certain pauper from Elmore to Calais. The facts in the case are stated sufficiently in the opinion of the court. The county court at the May Term, 1859, in Lamoille county,— Poland, J., presiding,— decided that the paupers were duly removed, to which the defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtAldis, J.
The paupers removed to Calais, have a settlement there, unless the facts agreed upon by the parties show that they have a derivative settlement through Sampson Moore in Elmore ; and this depends upon whether Sampson Moore had a derivative settlement from his mother. It is admitted that the mother of Sampson Moore had a settlement in Elmore. Her husband, James Moore, had no settlement in this State, so she and her son, Sampson, took none from him, and upon his death her settlement in Elmore revives. The question is, do the residence of James Moore in Canada, up to the time of his death, and…
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