Town of Westford v. Town of Essex
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of Harmon Brown, a pauper, from the town of Westford to the town of Essex. Plea, that at the time of making the order, the pauper had not come 'to reside in Westford, and that his settlement was not in Essex. The case was tried by the court, at the March Term, 1858,— Bennett, J., presiding.
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Appeal from an order of removal of Harmon Brown, a pauper, from the town of Westford to the town of Essex. Plea, that at the time of making the order, the pauper had not come 'to reside in Westford, and that his settlement was not in Essex. The case was tried by the court, at the March Term, 1858,— Bennett, J., presiding. It appeared on trial that at the time the order of removal was made, the pauper had come to reside and did reside in Westford, and had become chargeable upon that town. The pauper was the grandson of Samuel Brown, who, having obtained a legal settlement in the town of…
1Opinion of the CourtPoland, J.
The only question arising upon the facts found *461by the county court, is whether, the father of the pauper had a settlement in the town of Jericho, by derivation from his father, Samuel Brown.
If the father of the pauper had such derivative settlement, then that was the settlement of the pauper, for the case finds that neither the pauper nor his father ever acquired any settlement in their own right in the State. If the father of the pauper had not a settlement, then by another provision of the statute, the pauper took the maiden settlement of his mother in Essex. Samuel Brown, the pauper’s…
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