Inhabitants of Wellington v. Inhabitants of Corinna
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions by defendants. Action of assumpsit brought against the defendant town to recover the expense incurred by the plaintiff town for pauper supplies furnished to one Frank M. Moody, his wife and four minor children, and whose pauper settlement was alleged to be in the defendant town. Writ dated August 17,1905. Plea, the general issue, with brief statement as follows: "That the woman called Jane Moody is not the legal wife of Frank M. Moody.
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On exceptions by defendants. Action of assumpsit brought against the defendant town to recover the expense incurred by the plaintiff town for pauper supplies furnished to one Frank M. Moody, his wife and four minor children, and whose pauper settlement was alleged to be in the defendant town. Writ dated August 17,1905. Plea, the general issue, with brief statement as follows: "That the woman called Jane Moody is not the legal wife of Frank M. Moody. "That the children called Jennie Moody, Harry Moody, Herbert Moody and Benney Moody are not the legal children of Frank M. Moody. "That Frank M.…
1Opinion of the CourtWhitehouse, J.
This is an action of assumpsit brought to recover the expense incurred by the plaintiff town for pauper supplies furnished between February 21, 1904, and June 4th, 1905, to Frank M. Moody, his wife and four minor children. After the introduction of evidence was closed on both sides, the presiding Justice on motion of the plaintiffs’ counsel, directed the jury to return a verdict in favor of the plaintiff for the amount claimed in the writ with interest. The jury thereupon returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $218.83. The case comes to the Law Court on exceptions to this ruling and also to…
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