Thorp v. Porter
Supreme Court of Vermont
Book Account. Plea, discharge in insolvency. Replication and traverse. Trial by the court at the September Term, 1897, Chittenden County, Taft, J., presiding. The disposition of the case is stated in the opinion. The defendant excepted.
1Opinion of the CourtRoss, C. J.
The defendant pleaded his discharge in insolvency in bar of the plaintiff’s action. The plea was traversed. On the trial by the court, the defendant conceded that he formerly resided in the town of Jericho, that he removed to Neponset, Massachusetts, in 1892, where he has ever since *571resided; that he has been neither a citizen nor resident of this State since the time of his removal.
The defendant then offered in evidence the record of the •court of insolvency of the proper district, in which he obtained his discharge. The proceedings in the court of insolvency were commenced May 30, 1896. The…
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