Washburn v. White
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Complaint under the bastardy act, Pub. Sts. o. 85. Trial in the Superior Court, before Bacon, J., who directed a verdict for the respondent; and the complainant alleged exceptions. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGardner, J.
The complainant was a duly elected and qualified overseer of the poor of the city of Taunton, and, by virtue of his office, made this complaint under the Pub. Sts. c. 85, § 2. Among other things, the complaint alleged that Dora E. Shores, the woman pregnant, had a settlement in the city of Taunton, and that she resided at Berkley. As the statute above cited provides that an overseer of the poor of the place where the woman entitled to make a complaint under the bastardy act has her settlement may, under certain conditions, make the complaint and prosecute the same, it became material at the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ross v. RossMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1880
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- Virgin v. MarwickSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1903
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