Barre v. Coventry

Decided October 15, 1890

Supreme Court of Vermont · decided 1890-10-15

Assumpsit by tlie town of Barre against tlie town of Coventry for support furnished one E. A. Clark, a pauper, in the summer of 1887. Heard at the March term, 1890, Washington county, Powers, J., presiding, upon the report of a referee. Judgment,proforma, for the defendant. The plaintiff excepts. The facts material to the decision of the case appear in tlie head note and opinion.

Decided 1890-10-15

¶1The opinion of the court was delivered by

TYLER, J.

¶2The referee finds and rejiorts that during the period from Nov. 1, 1869, to Nov. 27, 1872, the residence of the pauper, Edgar A. Clark, was with his father in Westmore, and that from September, 1873, to February, 1877, it was in Barton. This finding, together with the fact that he never returned to Coventry to reside after he left there with liis father in 1869, precludes the idea that he had a residence in that town in 1877, when Barre furnished him and his son support.

¶3No question of law arises on the report and the judgment thereon for the defendant is affirmed.