Town of Winhall v. Estate of Sawyer
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decision and report of the commissioners upon the estate of Francis D. Sawyer, disallowing the plaintiff’s claim against said estate. The plaintiff filed a declaration in'the probate court in two counts.
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Appeal from the decision and report of the commissioners upon the estate of Francis D. Sawyer, disallowing the plaintiff’s claim against said estate. The plaintiff filed a declaration in'the probate court in two counts. The first count alleged that, “ on the first day of April, A. D. 1868, said Sawyer brought one Lucy Cook, a poor and indigent person, then and there residing in said Townshend, from said,Townshend to said Winhall, with intent to charge the said town of Winhall with the support of the said Lucy, and without an order of removal, as provided by law, and said Lucy had no legal…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
The plaintiff appealed from the disallowance by the commissioners on the estate of Francis D. Sawyer, of a claim presented by it against said estate. In the county court, it filed a declaration in two counts. The first count alleges that the intestate brought one Lucy Cook, a poor and indigent person, who had not her legal settlement in Winhall, to Winhall, with the intent to charge that town with her support, without any order of removal therefor, by means of which, the town had been compelled to expend the sum of five hundred dollars for the…
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