Steinberg v. Town of Eden
Supreme Court of Vermont
Assumpsit. Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by tbe court, March term, 1868, Peck, J., presiding. Tbe plaintiff claimed to recover a bounty for enlisting and being mustered into the United States volunteer service to tbe credit of Eden, and serving under that enlistment in tbe late rebellion.
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Assumpsit. Plea, tbe general issue. Trial by tbe court, March term, 1868, Peck, J., presiding. Tbe plaintiff claimed to recover a bounty for enlisting and being mustered into the United States volunteer service to tbe credit of Eden, and serving under that enlistment in tbe late rebellion. Tbe plaintiff introduced a copy of record of a town meeting ofi tbe town of Eden, beld December 8, 1863, at which the town voted “ To pay three hundred dollars to each volunteer that it is necessary to raise, to fill the quota of 300000 men of tbe last call of the president of tbe United States, for this…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Steele, J.
The question is whether the plaintiff comes within, the terms of the offer made by the town in their vote of December 8, 1863. The vote was “ To pay three hundred dollars to each volunteer that it is necessary to raise, to fill the quota of 300000 men of the last call of the president of the United States, for this town.” No question is made but the plaintiff was a volunteer, and a volunteer under the call for 300000 men, and under that call “ for this town.” So far he comes strictly within the terms of the vote. But the defendants claim that…
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