Town of Pittsford v. Town of Chittenden
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit on special and general counts in assumpsit, to recover for the support of an alleged transient pauper, Joseph E. Congdon, under § 13 of oh. 20 of General Statutes. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, March term, 1871, Wheeler, J., presiding.
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Assumpsit on special and general counts in assumpsit, to recover for the support of an alleged transient pauper, Joseph E. Congdon, under § 13 of oh. 20 of General Statutes. Plea, the general issue, and trial by the court, March term, 1871, Wheeler, J., presiding. The court found from the evidence that Oliver Yaw, the maternal grandfather of the pauper, had a settlement in Chittenden, and lived there in 1833, when his daughter, Rosanna Yaw, the mother of the pauper, was born, and that ho lived there until he died, in July, 1852. The said Roxanna was married to David B. Congdon, of the state…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Pierpoint, Ch. J.
This action is brought to recover for the support of an alleged transient pauper.
It appears that the pauper went to Pittsford in May, 1867, with the intention of hiring out to labor in that vicinity for the season, and of .going to Massachusetts in the fall. Soon after his arrival in Pittsford he was taken sick, and the town expended the money sought to be recovered in his necessary care and support. In June, 1867, (and after the expense had been incurred), the said town procured an order of removal of the said pauper to the town of…
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