Town of Ridgefield v. Town of Fairfield
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for support furnished a pauper, brought originally before a justice of the peace and thence by defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Qurtis, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the charge of the court.
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Action to recover for support furnished a pauper, brought originally before a justice of the peace and thence by defendant’s appeal to the Court of Common Pleas in Fairfield County and tried to the jury before Qurtis, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for alleged errors in the charge of the court. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show the following facts: Jane Coe, the pauper, was born in the State of New York about forty years ago and lived there with her parents until they died. Her mother died in November, 1889, and her father died prior to that…
1Opinion of the CourtTorrance, J.
The substance of the first request (a) was that if the “ placing ” of Jane Coe with the several persons with whom she lived in Ridgefield, Danbury and Fairfield, as set forth in the request “ was for their own convenience in distributing among themselves the care and expense to them of her existence, and was intended to be only temporary and not with a view to a permanent abode with either one of them,” she did not acquire a settlement in Fairfield by remaining there four years without becoming chargeable.
This request in substance the court complied with. The jury were distinctly told (1)…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Town of Beacon Falls v. Town of SeymourSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- Town of New Haven v. City of BridgeportSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- Town of Lebanon v. Town of HebronSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1825
3Cited by3 opinions
- Berman v. KlingSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- Town of Plainville v. Town of SouthingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1908
- City of Waterbury v. RichardsonConnecticut Superior Court · 1935