Backus v. Dudley
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THESE were actions of trespass, for entering the dwelling-house of the Rev. Simon Backus at Stratford, and taking, and carrying away himself and wife, and certain articles of household furniture. The causes were tried at Fairfidd, December term, 1820, before Chapman, J. As a justification of the charges made by the plaintiff, the defendants stated, and offered to prove, by competent testimony, the following facts.
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THESE were actions of trespass, for entering the dwelling-house of the Rev. Simon Backus at Stratford, and taking, and carrying away himself and wife, and certain articles of household furniture. The causes were tried at Fairfidd, December term, 1820, before Chapman, J. As a justification of the charges made by the plaintiff, the defendants stated, and offered to prove, by competent testimony, the following facts. The plaintiff and his wife, residing in the town of Stratford, had their legal settlement in the town of Guilford, and had become poor and unable to support themselves, and had no…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
Testimony was offered, by the defendants, to prove, that the plaintiff was an inhabitant of Guilford, unable to support and provide for himself, whose necessities had been supplied, and continued to be supplied, by Stratford ; of which, the latter town had given notice to Guilford, pursuant to the statute ; (tol. 2. p. 302.) and thereupon, that the defendants, the select-men of Guilford, against the prohibition of the plaintiff, took him, and his family, and household furniture, and with the least possible force, removed them to the town last-mentioned, with the view of…
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