Hilliard v. Stewartstown

The statute of July, 1862, authorized the several towns and cities in the State at any legal meeting held for that purpose, to raise and appropriate money " to encourage volunteer enlistments in the army.” The defendant town at a meeting held January 9, 1864, voted " to raise three hundred dollars for each man who will enlist in the service of the United States to fill the quota of the town.”

The plaintiff offered evidence that on the 11th of December, 1864, he received a commission from the State as Captain of Company B, in the 5th Eegiment of New Hampshire Volunteers, was mustered into the…