Jackman v. Town of New Haven
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit to recover a town bounty of four hundred dollars. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury,-term, 1869, Pier-point, C. J., presiding.
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Assumpsit to recover a town bounty of four hundred dollars. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury,-term, 1869, Pier-point, C. J., presiding. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court, except in respect to the knowledge of the selectmen as to re-enlisted men being applied on the quota under the call of October 17, 1863. In respect to this the defendants gave evidence to show that up to the time of filling the quota as specified, and until about the first of February following, none of the authorities of the town were aware that re-enlisted men would be allowed to count on the…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Wilson, J.
The quota of the town of New Haven, under the call of October 17, 1803, was seventeen men. The town, at the meeting of December 12,1863, regularly voted “ that a bounty of $400 be paid to each one who might enlist to serve as a soldier in- the army of the United States to fill the balance of the quota of this town under the (said) present call for volunteers.” At the time of said vote, no part of said quota had been filled. The defendants, by their selectmen, after said 12th day of December, and before the 14th day of that month, enlisted a…
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