Town of Derby v. Town of Salem
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of Anthony Traversee and Nancy, his wife. The defendants pleaded that said paupers were unduly removed, because their legal settlement was not in the town of Salem, and trial by jury, at the June Term, 1857, — ■ Poland, J., presiding.
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Appeal from an order of removal of Anthony Traversee and Nancy, his wife. The defendants pleaded that said paupers were unduly removed, because their legal settlement was not in the town of Salem, and trial by jury, at the June Term, 1857, — ■ Poland, J., presiding. The town of Derby claimed that the paupers had a settlement in the town of Salem, by reason of their having been resident inhabitants in that town at the time it was organized on the 30th day of April, 1822. Anthony Traversee was a Frenchman, but had resided in this state, in various places, from 1812, and in 1817 married the said…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Barrett, J.
I. For the purpose of charging the town of Salem with the settlement of the pauper (Traversee), the plaintiff town gave evidence tending to prove that said pauper, with his family, was residing in the town of Salem on the 30th day of April 1822 — the day on which said town became organized. The town of Salem, on the other hand, claimed that said pauper was, on that day, residing in the town of Derby; and for the purpose of proving the fact to be so, offered a witness to testify that in Decern*725ber 1822, or in January 1823, said Traversee was…
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