Hebron v. Centre-Harbor
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for the support of A. L. Pox, a pauper, who was alleged to have his settlement in the town of Centre-Harbor. The pauper derived his settlement from John Fox, who moved into Centre-Harbor in the year 1821, and purchased a tract of land of one Benjamin Brown.
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Assumpsit, for the support of A. L. Pox, a pauper, who was alleged to have his settlement in the town of Centre-Harbor. The pauper derived his settlement from John Fox, who moved into Centre-Harbor in the year 1821, and purchased a tract of land of one Benjamin Brown. The land, at the time of the purchase, was incumbered by a mortgage to one John Towle, to secure the payment of the sum of $160.00. The note, to secure which the land was mortgaged, was payable in. one year from the second day of June, 1821, and was paid about the time it became due. On the 17th day of July, 1823, Fox conveyed…
1Opinion of the CourtGilchrist, J.
The fourth clause of the first section of the act of the 16th of December, 1829, N. H. Laws 300, (Ed. of 1830,) provides, that “ any person, of the age of twenty-one years, having real estate of the value of two hundred and fifty dollars, or personal estate of the value of one hundred and fifty dollars, in the town where he dwells and has his home, and for the term of four years in succession paying all taxes assessed on his poll and estate aforesaid, shall thereby gain a settlement in such town.”
On the question whether a pauper had gained a settlement by being the owner of real estate, it…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Lund v. LundSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1817
- Poplin v. HawkeSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1835
- New-London v. SuttonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1821
- Overseers of the Poor of Whitestown v. Overseers of the Poor of ConstableNew York Supreme Court · 1817
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- Pembroke v. AllenstownSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1850