Town of Chelsea v. Town of Washington
Supreme Court of Vermont
Case in three counts. The first count alleged, that o-n March 1, 1878, Mary J. Judd, of Washington, and her five minor children, were poor and indigent persons, and in need of relief and support, and then had and still have their legal settlement'in said town of Washington, and had become and then were chatgeable to said town as paupers, and were then and there in the care, custody, and keeping of said town as paupers thereof; that by s! 1, c. 20, of the Gen. Sts., it was…
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Case in three counts. The first count alleged, that o-n March 1, 1878, Mary J. Judd, of Washington, and her five minor children, were poor and indigent persons, and in need of relief and support, and then had and still have their legal settlement'in said town of Washington, and had become and then were chatgeable to said town as paupers, and were then and there in the care, custody, and keeping of said town as paupers thereof; that by s! 1, c. 20, of the Gen. Sts., it was the duty of said town to relieve and support all poor and indigent persons lawfully settled therein, whenever they should…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
This case comes before us upon a demurrer to the declaration. The declaration, in the first two counts, alleges that one Mary J. Judd and her five minor children were paupers, and had their legal settlement in the town of Washington, and were in the care, custody, and keeping of said town therein, and being aided and supported by said town ; that said town allowed the said paupers to “ stroll ” into the town of Chelsea," where they became chargeable to the town of Chelsea, and were there supported by said town of Chelsea, to its…
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