Town of Sharon v. Town of Cabot
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of one Otis R. Collins from Sharon to Cabot, made December 23d, 1854. Plea, unduly removed, and that the pauper had not come to reside in Sharon, which pleas were traversed. Trial by court by agreement of parties, December Term, 1856,— Underwood, J., presiding.
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Appeal from an order of removal of one Otis R. Collins from Sharon to Cabot, made December 23d, 1854. Plea, unduly removed, and that the pauper had not come to reside in Sharon, which pleas were traversed. Trial by court by agreement of parties, December Term, 1856,— Underwood, J., presiding. It appeared that Thomas Collins, father of the pauper, had his settlement in Cabot in April, 1831, when the pauper was born, and that said Thomas died there in 1835; that in 1836 the pauper went to live in Greensboro’, with his uncle, John Alden; that Cabot agreed with said Alden to keep the pauper till…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Isham, J.
This is an appeal from an order of removal of one *396Otis R. Collins, a pauper, from the town of Sharon to the town of Cabot. The case was tried under the issues, whether the pauper was duly removed, and whether, previous to the order of removal being made, he had come to the town of Sharon to reside. In relation to the residence of the pauper at Sharon previous to, and at the time> the order of removal was made, we perceive no error in the ruling of the county court. If the question is regarded as one of fact, it is conclusively determined by…
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