Ross v. Bank of Burlington
Supreme Court of Vermont
THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover of the Bank of Burlington the sum of $800, said by the plaintiff to have been held by him in bills of the said bank, and to have been destroyed by fire, with the steam boat Phoenix, on Lake Champlain, on the night of the 5th of September, 1819. The plaintiff’s declaration contained four counts; the two first of which were as follows: First count.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit, brought to recover of the Bank of Burlington the sum of $800, said by the plaintiff to have been held by him in bills of the said bank, and to have been destroyed by fire, with the steam boat Phoenix, on Lake Champlain, on the night of the 5th of September, 1819. The plaintiff’s declaration contained four counts; the two first of which were as follows: First count. “To answer, &c. in a plea of the case, for that, whereas, the defendants, on the 25th day of August, 1819, at Burlington, in the said county of Chittenden, in consideration that the plaintiff before…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Hutchinson, J.
William D. Ross has declared against the President, Directors, and Company of the Bank of Burlington, in four counts. The two first are special, and the two last general, for money had and received, and for money laid out and expended. The object of the suit is to recover about $800, which the plaintiff contends he ought to recover, on the ground that he was the holder and owner of that amount, in bills of said bank, which were burnt and destroyed, with, and on board of the steam boat, on Lake Champlain, Sept. 5, 1819. The last jury trial…
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