Inhabitants of Knox v. Inhabitants of Montville

This is an action brought to recover for pauper supplies, amounting to $327.50, furnished by the plaintiff town of Knox to one James A. Bailey, who, it is claimed, had acquired a pauper settlement in the defendant town of Montville as provided by statute.

The verdict was for the plaintiff.

The case comes to the law court on exceptions filed by the defend-, ant to the ruling of the presiding justice, excluding two questions asked by the defendant’s counsel on cross-examination of Mrs. Mamie A. Thompson, a witness called by the plaintiff, namely: “While Mr. Bailey and his wife were stopping at…