Guyette v. Town of Bolton
Supreme Court of Vermont
General assumpsit for the balance of a town bounty. Pleas, the general issue, payment, and accord and satisfaction. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff, September term, 1871, Chittenden county, Peck, J., presiding.
Read the full summary
General assumpsit for the balance of a town bounty. Pleas, the general issue, payment, and accord and satisfaction. Trial by jury and verdict for the plaintiff, September term, 1871, Chittenden county, Peck, J., presiding. The defendant introduced in evidence a receipt for one hundred and twenty dollars, given by the plaintiff to the defendant before the commencement of this suit, “ in full as town bounty as a volunteer re-enlisted in the United States service for their credit on the quota of said town.” The court charged that, to entitle the plaintiff to recover, it was necessary that the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Oh. J.
The plaintiff seeks to recover a sum of money promised him as bounty money by the delendant town, to induce him to enlist as a volunteer to the credit of said town, to fill the quota of said town under the call of the president of the United States, of October 17, 1863. At a meeting of the inhabitants of said town on the 7th day of December, 1863, it was voted, “ That the selectmen be and they are hereby authorized to *231pay a bounty not exceeding $300 to each volunteer who shall be mustered into the U. S.- service before January 5, 1884,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Stephens v. ThompsonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1855
- Mager v. . OsbornNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
- Johnson v. Town of BoltonSupreme Court of Vermont · 1871
3Cited by8 opinions
- Dreyfus v. RobertsSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1905
- Drown's Guardian v. Chesley's EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1917
- Town of Fair Haven v. StannardSupreme Court of Vermont · 1940
- In re Diggins' EstateSupreme Court of Vermont · 1895
- Ramsdell v. ClarkMontana Supreme Court · 1897
3 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.