Inhabitants of Hanson v. Inhabitants of South Scituate
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover for expenses incurred by the plaintiff town in supporting as paupers William O. Thomas and his family, who were alleged, at the time said expenses were incurred, to have had their settlement in the defendant town, under the St. of 1865 o. 230.* Trial in the Superior Court before Pitman, J., who, after a verdict for the plaintiff, reported the case for the consideration of this court, in substance as follows: The main question at issue was the settlement…
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Contract to recover for expenses incurred by the plaintiff town in supporting as paupers William O. Thomas and his family, who were alleged, at the time said expenses were incurred, to have had their settlement in the defendant town, under the St. of 1865 o. 230.* Trial in the Superior Court before Pitman, J., who, after a verdict for the plaintiff, reported the case for the consideration of this court, in substance as follows: The main question at issue was the settlement of the pauper Thomas. Among other proof offered to establish its case, the plaintiff was permitted to introduce, against…
1Opinion of the CourtDevens, J.
This action was brought under the St. of 1865, c. 230, which was repealed by the St. of 1870, c. 392. As, however, by the latter statute “ acts done and proceedings commenced ” are excepted from its operation, the present action is not affected thereby, it having been commenced some months previous to the passage of the repealing statute. It presents the question whether the pauper Thomas, for the expense of the support of whom the action was brought, had acquired under the earlier statute, in the defendant town, what is sometimes called a military settlement.
The record of the defendant town…
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