Town of South Burlington v. Town of Worcester
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit for the support of a pauper. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the April term, 1894, Chittenden county, Rowell, J., presiding. A special verdict was taken, and judgment given thereon for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The defendant was under no obligation to support the pauper in the father’s family after the termination of its contract with the father, nor to bring the pauper back to Worcester.
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Assumpsit for the support of a pauper. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the April term, 1894, Chittenden county, Rowell, J., presiding. A special verdict was taken, and judgment given thereon for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The defendant was under no obligation to support the pauper in the father’s family after the termination of its contract with the father, nor to bring the pauper back to Worcester. Durfey v. Worcester, 63 Yt. 418; Danforth v. Walker, 37 Yt. 239. Therefore, the pauper was a resident of the plaintiff town when that town was applied to for aid. Chittenden…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
This is an action to recover for the support of Daniel Durfee, a pauper, from December 23, 1890, to January 18, 1893. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show *413that Milo Durfee, the pauper’s father, formerly lived in East Montpelier, and moved from there to Worcester.
When Daniel was a little past twenty-four years old he was so hurt that it made him a helpless cripple for life. When he was thus hurt his father was living in Worcester, and had then lived there about six years, ijaniel had always made his home at his father’s, although he had worked out more or less, and had his wages after he…
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