Brown v. Grafton County
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Submission, under P. S., c. 27, s. 18. Facts agreed. The plaintiff was one of the county commissioners and the superin-, tendent of the county farm from 1884 to 1888. In 1889, several articles, supposed to have been written by one George, appeared in the “Boston Herald,” charging the plaintiff with mismanagement of the county almshouse and ill-treatment of the inmates.
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Submission, under P. S., c. 27, s. 18. Facts agreed. The plaintiff was one of the county commissioners and the superin-, tendent of the county farm from 1884 to 1888. In 1889, several articles, supposed to have been written by one George, appeared in the “Boston Herald,” charging the plaintiff with mismanagement of the county almshouse and ill-treatment of the inmates. At the session of the legislature in 1891, the county convention appointed a committee to investigate the charges. The committee subsequently reported in substance that they met at a time and place appointed for a hearing, of…
1Opinion of the CourtChase, J.
The province of New Hampshire was first divided into counties by an act passed in 1769, and allowed by the king March 19, 1771. Prov. Laws, ed. 1771, p. 204. The object of the division, as stated in the preamble of the act, was to bring courts nearer to inhabitants who resided so far from Portsmouth (where, or at Exeter, all courts had previously been held) that the administration of justice in respect to them was expensive and difficult, and in some cases almost impracticable. The duty assigned to counties was to provide suitable buildings for the accommodation of courts and the means for…
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