Eddy v. Town of Landgrove
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for a town bounty. Plea, the general issue, and statute of limitation. Trial by the court, September term, 1871, Ross, J., presiding. The court found the following facts : That the statute of limitations did not apply.
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Assumpsit for a town bounty. Plea, the general issue, and statute of limitation. Trial by the court, September term, 1871, Ross, J., presiding. The court found the following facts : That the statute of limitations did not apply. Camillus T. Warner, plaintiff’s intestate, enlisted October 21,1861, to the credit of Landgrove, and always remained in the service to the credit of Landgrove till the time of his death, June 11, 1864. December 1,1863, Landgrove held a town meeting pursuant to a warning, which, with the votes arc correctly stated in the syllabus. December 21, 1863, Warner ro-enlisted…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
It appears from the exceptions that under the call for soldiers, issued October 17, 1863, the quota of the town of Landgrove was in fact four men. On the 4th of December, 1863, the selectmen had enlisted the four men necessary to fill the quota of said town. They were mustered in on the 24th of December, and were applied upon and filled the quota of the town under said call. The plaintiff’s intestate, Warner, enlisted to the credit of said town on the 21st of December, 1863, and was mustered in on the 24th of December, and was not…
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