Inhabitants of Great Barrington v. Inhabitants of Lancaster
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit for expenses incurred in the relief and support of John Bixby, a pauper, whose legal settlement the plaintiffs aver to be in Lancaster. * At the trial of the cause, which was had upon the general issue before Jackson, J., at the last May term in this county, the only question made in the case was, whether the said Bixby had his settlement in Lancaster, as the plaintiffs allege ; and the following facts were in evidence : — The pauper was born in 1747, at Lancaster,…
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Assumpsit for expenses incurred in the relief and support of John Bixby, a pauper, whose legal settlement the plaintiffs aver to be in Lancaster. * At the trial of the cause, which was had upon the general issue before Jackson, J., at the last May term in this county, the only question made in the case was, whether the said Bixby had his settlement in Lancaster, as the plaintiffs allege ; and the following facts were in evidence : — The pauper was born in 1747, at Lancaster, where his father was then settled; and he had never acquired a new settlement within the commonwealth. Whilst the…
1Opinion of the Court
* Parker, C. J.
The pauper’s original settlement was in Lancaster, that being his father’s settlement at the time of his birth. On the annexation of that part of Lancaster where the father dwelt to Shrewsbury, his settlement was transferred to the latter town; for although no express provision respecting paupers appears in the act providing for their annexation, yet it is a necessary effect of such annexation, that the town which acquires the new inhabitants and new territory should also incur such burdens as may be incident to the new relations.
It does not appear, however, that the pauper…
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