Fremont v. Sandown
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Rockingham Circuit Court. The following facts, having been reported by a referee, are, by agreement of the parties, submitted to the superior court for such judgment thereon as they may order: “ The action is assumpsit, commenced on March 7, 1874, for the support of Mrs. Maggie French and her three minor children, alleged to be paupers and to have their settlement in said town of Sandown.
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From Rockingham Circuit Court. The following facts, having been reported by a referee, are, by agreement of the parties, submitted to the superior court for such judgment thereon as they may order: “ The action is assumpsit, commenced on March 7, 1874, for the support of Mrs. Maggie French and her three minor children, alleged to be paupers and to have their settlement in said town of Sandown. It appeared in evidence that the said Maggie French and her three minor children, aged five, three, and two years, were in said town of Fremont on November 13, 1873, and from that day until the date of…
1Concurrence
1. The objection taken to the notice was not that the supplies furnished were charged in one gross sum, but that the notice did not give the names of the minor children, and how much had been expended for each person. If it had appeared that there were other minor children, then those who were relieved should have been designated in such manner that the defendants might understand which were meant — New Boston v. Dunbarton,12 N.H. 409; but when the persons relieved constitute one family and are supported together, the notice need not specify the sums expended for each individual. Generally,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Inhabitants of Charlestown v. Inhabitants of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- New-Boston v. DunbartonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1841
- Barnstead v. StraffordSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1835
- Hopkinton v. WarnerSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1873