Valentine v. Bell
Supreme Court of Vermont
General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September term, 1893, Windham county, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant was the only daughter of the plaintiff. In 1874, at age seventeen, she married one Minor. Previous to her marriage she had always lived with the plaintiff and she continued to for some time afterwards. Minor never contributed much to her support, and in June, 1876, ceased to cohabit with her.
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General assumpsit. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the September term, 1893, Windham county, Thompson, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant was the only daughter of the plaintiff. In 1874, at age seventeen, she married one Minor. Previous to her marriage she had always lived with the plaintiff and she continued to for some time afterwards. Minor never contributed much to her support, and in June, 1876, ceased to cohabit with her. In 1877 he obtained a divorce. In 1884 the defendant married one Bell, who was still living and her husband at the time…
1Opinion of the Court
ROWELL, J..
Plaintiff sues to recover for keeping defendant’s daughter from the time she was two months old till she was eighteen. During a part of the time in question defendant was covert of Minor, who procured a divorce from her in September, 1877. She remained sole until April 22, *2831884, when she married Bell, of whom she is still covert. Minor ceased to cohabit with her more than a year before the divorce, leaving the child with her and subject to her full control, which she assumed and contracted with the plaintiff for its support.
It was error to rule that, in the circumstances, the…
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