Town of Starksboro v. Town of Huntington
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit under s. 6, c. 20, Gen. Sts., for the recovery of charges occasioned by the sickness, maintenance, cure, and removal of one Altha A. Ring, an alleged pauper, ordered to be removed from Starksboro to Huntington. Pleas, the general issue and Statute of Limitations. Trial by jury, December Term, 1877, Pierpoint, 0. J., presiding.
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Assumpsit under s. 6, c. 20, Gen. Sts., for the recovery of charges occasioned by the sickness, maintenance, cure, and removal of one Altha A. Ring, an alleged pauper, ordered to be removed from Starksboro to Huntington. Pleas, the general issue and Statute of Limitations. Trial by jury, December Term, 1877, Pierpoint, 0. J., presiding. Plaintiff offered in evidence a certified copy of the record of the proceedings in the matter of said order of removal, to which defendant objected, because it was not a true copy of the record as originally made by the justices; but the court admitted the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Powers, J.
By s. 4, c. 20, Gen. Sts., the justices had jurisdiction upon complaint made to inquire whether Altha A. Ring had come to Starksboro to reside ; whether she was chargeable as a pauper to that town, or likely to become so ; and whether she had a legal settlement in Huntington. If she had come to reside in Starksboro, she could not be warned out unless she had become chargeable, or it was likely she would become chargeable, to the town.
If all the facts necessary to give jurisdiction are made to appear, the justices are empowered to order the…
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