Mann v. Town of Fairlee
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit in general and special counts to recover a town bounty. Plea, the general issue and trial by jury at the December tei’m, 1871, PecK, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff. Exceptions by the defendant.
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Assumpsit in general and special counts to recover a town bounty. Plea, the general issue and trial by jury at the December tei’m, 1871, PecK, J., presiding. Verdict for the plaintiff. Exceptions by the defendant. The plaintiff put in evidence a certified copy of the record of the proceedings of a meeting of the defendant town, held on the 27th day of November, A. D., 1863, by which it appeared that, under a'proper article in the warning, the town at said meeting passed the following vote : . “ On motion of Frank M. Bailey, it was voted that the town authorize the selectmen to hire a certain…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Ross, J.. Under the instructions of the court, the jury have found that the defendant, through its selectmen, who were duly authorized for thafpurpose, procured William Child to write a letter to the plaintiff and others, at New Iberia, La., requesting him to reenlist to the credit of the defendant, and promising to pay him, if he would do so, a bounty of $800 ; that the plaintiff, in compliance with the request, and relying upon the promise thus communicated, did re-enlist to the credit of the defendant, and, in a reasonable time thereafter,…
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