Town of Middlebury v. Town of Hubbardton
Supreme Court of Vermont
THIS was an action of indebitatus assumpsit, for monies paid, laid out and expended by the town of Middlebury, for the support of Clarrissa Pier, a pauper, who was taken sick in Middlebury, and whose legal settlement was in the town of Hubbardton. ' Plea — the general issue. stated, that the pauper, whose legal settlement was in the town of Hubbardton, being a hired servant in Middlebury, was there taken sick about the first day of November, 1811. That on the third day of…
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THIS was an action of indebitatus assumpsit, for monies paid, laid out and expended by the town of Middlebury, for the support of Clarrissa Pier, a pauper, who was taken sick in Middlebury, and whose legal settlement was in the town of Hubbardton. ' Plea — the general issue. stated, that the pauper, whose legal settlement was in the town of Hubbardton, being a hired servant in Middlebury, was there taken sick about the first day of November, 1811. That on the third day of the same November, an order was regularly made by two justices, to remove her to the town of Hubbardton. That on the…
1Opinion of the Court
Chipman, Ch. J.
deliverered the opinion of the Court. The third section of the act, providing for the support of the poor, makes provision for the removal, to the place of his last legal settlement, of a person residing in a town, and who is likely to become chargeable to such town; such removal is to be made at the expense of the town, making the removal. The fourth section provides for the removal of a person resident in a,town, who, by reason of sickness cannot for a time be removed; and gives the town, incurring the charge of his maintainance, a remedy for the expense of the sickness, and…
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