Hubbard v. Newton
Supreme Court of Vermont
Replevin for a mare. Plea, general issue. Trial by the court, Royce, J., presiding, at the September Term, 1879, on an agreed statement of facts.
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Replevin for a mare. Plea, general issue. Trial by the court, Royce, J., presiding, at the September Term, 1879, on an agreed statement of facts. The facts agreed on were in substance as follows: In March, 1840, the voters of the town of Georgia voted to. set certain specified lots in that town and “ so much of lots No. 53, 54, and 55 ” as belonged to Alanson Blair “ into a separate school district, to be denominated and called ‘ School District No. 15. ’ ” No alteration was made in the district so created until March, 1858, when a part of District No. 8 was set thereto. No further change was…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Redfield, J.
School District No. 15 in Georgia was created and organized in March, 1840. In March, 1858, this district was *350dissolved, by setting its territory to districts numbered 7 and 8, in said town. In Mai’ch, 1878, under an article in the warning, viz : “ Article No. 4. To see if the town will vote to re-organize the district formerly known as District No. 15 in said town,” the town voted to re-organize said district “formerly known as District No. 15.” Such former district had existed for near twenty years, with known and fixed boundaries. The…
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