Town of Northfield v. Town of Vershire
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from an order of removal of one George N. Annis, a pauper, from the town of Northfield to the town of Vershire. Plea, that the pauper was unduly removed, because his last legal settlement was not in Vershire. The cause was tried by the court at the September Term, 1859, — Barrett, J., presiding.
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Appeal from an order of removal of one George N. Annis, a pauper, from the town of Northfield to the town of Vershire. Plea, that the pauper was unduly removed, because his last legal settlement was not in Vershire. The cause was tried by the court at the September Term, 1859, — Barrett, J., presiding. The county court lound that the settlement of the pauper’s great-grand-father, Jesse Annis, was in Vershire, that the pauper’s grandfather William Annis never acquired any settlement in this state in his own right unless he acquired one in the town of Peacham by reason oí the facts detailed…
1Opinion of the CourtPoland, J.
The only importance of the fact whether William Annis the grandfather of the pauper was married to Nancy Woodward, is the effect which was produced by his having a lawful wife remaining in Peacham, after he was arrested and committed to the jail in Chelsea, upon the question of his residence, home, or domicil, during that time.
We regard it as now well settled that evidence of reputation and cohabitation is competent to prove a marriage, whenever the question arises in any civil action, except in actions for criminal conversation. The evidence introduced being legally admissible as tending to…
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