Inhabitants of Chelsea v. Inhabitants of Malden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was assumpsit for money expended in the support of Jacob Breden, alleged by the plaintiffs to be a pauper, and to have a legal settlement in Malden. Upon the trial of the cause at the last November term, in this county, before Parker, J., a verdict was found for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the Court, upon the facts, as they should be reported by the judge.
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This was assumpsit for money expended in the support of Jacob Breden, alleged by the plaintiffs to be a pauper, and to have a legal settlement in Malden. Upon the trial of the cause at the last November term, in this county, before Parker, J., a verdict was found for the plaintiffs, subject to the opinion of the Court, upon the facts, as they should be reported by the judge. There was regular evidence to entitle the plaintiffs to recover the sum found by the jury, provided the legal settlement of the pauper was in Malden, so that the inhabitants of that town were chargeable with his…
1Opinion of the Court
*The Court took time for advisement, and their opinion was afterwards delivered, as follows, by
Parsons, C. J.
In this action, a verdict was found for the plain*123tiffs, subject to the opinion of the Court on the facts reported. The action was brought to recover of Malden the expenses of maintain ing Jacob Breden, a pauper, alleging that his settlement was in Malden. If his settlement is not in Malden, the verdict is to be set aside, and the plaintiffs are to become nonsuit.
It appears from the facts that the pauper has never gained a settlement in his own right, and that his settlement is derived…
2Cited by4 opinions
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- Landaff v. AtkinsonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1837