Town of Berlin v. Town of Worcester
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit to recover for the support of Elizabeth Culver, who was suddenly taken sick, about May 15, 1874, while at work for Aaron Andrews in Berlin. Trial by the court, September Term, 1876, Red field, J., presiding. It was conceded that the legal settlement of the said Elizabeth, at the time the support was furnished, was in the defendant town.
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Assumpsit to recover for the support of Elizabeth Culver, who was suddenly taken sick, about May 15, 1874, while at work for Aaron Andrews in Berlin. Trial by the court, September Term, 1876, Red field, J., presiding. It was conceded that the legal settlement of the said Elizabeth, at the time the support was furnished, was in the defendant town. It appeared that in April, 1874, she contracted with said Andrews to work for him through the season of making butter and cheese, to commence about May 1st; that she commenced work and continued till about May 15th, when while in said service she was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.
The question arising on the exceptions is, whether Elizabeth Culver, the pauper, at the time the plaintiff furnished her aid, was, on the facts found by the County Court, a resident, or a transient pauper ; if the former, the judgment must be for the defendant, inasmuch as the plaintiff did not procure an order for the removal of the said Elizabeth to the defendant before furnishing her the , aid ; if the latter, the plaintiff is entitled to recover under the statute, as the legal settlement of the pauper is conceded to have been in the…
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