Russell v. Dodds
Supreme Court of Vermont
Trespass for atL assault and battery. The Case was heard on demurrer to the replication. The facts Set forth by the plea and Replication are fully stated in the opinion of the court. At the FebRuary Term, 1864, Aldis, J., pResiding, the court pro forma held the replication insufficient, and rendered judgment for the defendant, —to which the plaintiff exceptedi
1Opinion of the Court
Poland, Ch. J.
The plea and replication in this case show the following state of facts. In the fall of 1862, and in the interval between the usual summer and winter schools, Hutchins proposed to open in the district school house, a private school for the children of the district and vicinity, and this object was generally concurred in and approbated by the inhab'tants and voters of the district, though no corporate action was had on the subject. For this purpose Hutchins applied to the defendant who was the prudential committee of the district, for the use of the school house, and thereupon…
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