Overseers of the Poor of Corinth v. Overseers of the Poor of Bradford
Supreme Court of Vermont
A new trial having been granted in this cause, by this Court, at their February term, 1826, on the motion of the appellees, the same was had before a jury, at the last June term of Orange county court, and a verdict returned, “that the pauper was duly removed.”
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A new trial having been granted in this cause, by this Court, at their February term, 1826, on the motion of the appellees, the same was had before a jury, at the last June term of Orange county court, and a verdict returned, “that the pauper was duly removed.” On this last trial, exceptions were taken by the appellants, which appear in the following case, placed upon the record by the agreement of the parties, viz: “This was an appeal from an order, made by two justices of the county of Orange, for the removal of one McConnell, his wife and family, from the town of Corinth to the town of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Hutchinson, J.
A plea has been filed, on the part of Bradford, that the said pauper was unduly removed from said Corinth to said Bradford, concluding to the country. No objection appears to have been made to the reception of this plea, but issue joined thereon.
That issue has been tried in the county court, and on that trial it was conceded, that Bradford was the place of the last legal settlement of the pauper. On that concession, the counsel for Corinth rested the cause, probably'considering, that the plea put in issue nothing but the question of…
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