Lancaster v. Coos County
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpstt, for aid furnished to certain paupers1 from April 2 to June 1, 1907. Transferred from the September term, 1907, of the superior court by Hike, J. For ten years prior to April 1, 1904, Fred Louden resided in Lancaster and paid all poll taxes assessed against him. He moved to Berlin some time in tbe early part of 1904, and bis taxes were abated in Lancaster for that year. In September, 1905, he returned to Lancaster.
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Assumpstt, for aid furnished to certain paupers1 from April 2 to June 1, 1907. Transferred from the September term, 1907, of the superior court by Hike, J. For ten years prior to April 1, 1904, Fred Louden resided in Lancaster and paid all poll taxes assessed against him. He moved to Berlin some time in tbe early part of 1904, and bis taxes were abated in Lancaster for that year. In September, 1905, he returned to Lancaster. He died in 1906. Upon tbe foregoing agreed facts, it was ruled that the paupers, who are Louden’s widow and minor children, had no settlement in Lancaster and were a…
1Opinion of the Court
Parsons, G. J.
“ No town shall be liable for tbe support of any person unless be, or tbe person under whom he derives his settlement, shall have wholly gained a settlement therein during the ten years preceding the last date of application for support.” Laws 1908, c. 106, s. 1; Laws 1897, c. 81, s. 1. The paupers derived their settlement, if any, from Fred Louden, the husband and father. P. S., c. 83, s. 1, el. I, II. His settlement, if any, was gained under the ninth clause of section 1, chapter 83, Public Statutes. To gain a settlement in this mode, residence in the town for seven years,…
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