Danville v. Putney
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action of assumpsit in two counts. The first count was special, setting up in substance that one Church, a transient person, was confined in jail in Danville, and was poor and unable to support himself, and being in need of relief and was there supported by the overseer of the poor of Danville at the charge of the town eight months, which expense amounted to sixty dollars, which Church was wholly unable to pay — that his legal settlement was in Putney, whose…
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This was an action of assumpsit in two counts. The first count was special, setting up in substance that one Church, a transient person, was confined in jail in Danville, and was poor and unable to support himself, and being in need of relief and was there supported by the overseer of the poor of Danville at the charge of the town eight months, which expense amounted to sixty dollars, which Church was wholly unable to pay — that his legal settlement was in Putney, whose overseer was duly informed that said expenditures had accrued, whereby the defendants were liable to pay, and in…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion .of the court was delivered by
Collamer, J..
— The first question arising in this case is, whether a poor person confined in jail on execution, brought and committed from a neighboring town, is a transient person, within the meaning of the 11th section of the aet providing for the maintenance of the poor.
*518statute an ent're system within itself; and poor persons who become chargeable and are relieved by a town where they have not legal settlement, are either persons “ coming to reside ” within the 3d and 4th sections, or “ transient ,, ... , , , , persons within the 11th section.
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