Town of Albany v. Town of Derby
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of Jane Brooks, a pauper, from the town of Albany to the town of Derby. Plea, that the pauper was unduly removed, because her legal settlement was not in the town of Derby, and trial by jury, at the June term, 1857, —Poland, J., presiding.
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Appeal from an order of removal of Jane Brooks, a pauper, from the town of Albany to the town of Derby. Plea, that the pauper was unduly removed, because her legal settlement was not in the town of Derby, and trial by jury, at the June term, 1857, —Poland, J., presiding. It appeared on trial that Jedediah Richardson, the grandfather of the pauper, removed in the year 1807 from the town of Derby, where he had resided since 1798, and had a legal settlement, into Canada, taking with him his son Elias Richardson, then about fifteen years old. Jedediah Richardson resided in Canada until his death…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Aldis, J.
The grandfather of the pauper acquired a settlement in Derby between 1798 and 1807. In 1807 he removed to Canada, and lived there until his decease in about 1837. When he moved to Canada he took with him his son Elias, who was then about fifteen years old. Elias, the son, had thus a derivative settlement in Derby. From 1807 to 1850, Elias lived in Canada, and during this period he married in Canada. His daughter, the pauper of this case, was born in Canada in 1830, and lived there till 1850, when she removed with her father’s family to…
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