Baldwin v. Town of Worcester
Supreme Court of Vermont
.General assumpsit for the balance claimed to be due for the support of a pauper. Trial by jury at the September term, 1894, Chittenden county, Thompson, J., presiding.
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.General assumpsit for the balance claimed to be due for the support of a pauper. Trial by jury at the September term, 1894, Chittenden county, Thompson, J., presiding. The plaintiff sought to recover upon an express contract up to June 1, 1889, and upon an implied contract from June 1, 1889, until December 1, 1890. The court directed a verdict for the plaintiff for the amount due on the express contract, and held that there was no evidence tending to establish an implied contract subsequent to that date. To this latter holding the plaintiff excepted. The opinion states the case. A promise to…
1Opinion of the CourtStart, J.
While the plaintiff’s intestate resided in the defendant town he made a contract with the defendant’s overseer of the poor, by which he was to support Daniel Durfey, an alleged pauper, for five dollars per week until a suit then pending between the defendant town and East Montpelier should be determined. While this contract was in force the plaintiff’s intestate moved to South Burlington, and against the objection of the defendant’s overseer of the *287poor, took the pauper with him. The contract terminated June 1., 1889. The plaintiff’s intestate continued to support the pauper until July 30,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Durfey v. Town of WorcesterSupreme Court of Vermont · 1891