City of Port Washington v. Town of Saukville
Wisconsin Supreme Court
APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ozaulcee County. The plaintiff appealed from a judgment in favor of the defendant. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. to the point that the poor persons in question did not acquire a settlement in the plaintiff city, cited Town of Soott v. Town of Clayton, 51 Wis. 185; S. C. 54 id. 499; Foxcroftv.
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APPEAL from the Circuit Court for Ozaulcee County. The plaintiff appealed from a judgment in favor of the defendant. The facts will sufficiently appear from the opinion. to the point that the poor persons in question did not acquire a settlement in the plaintiff city, cited Town of Soott v. Town of Clayton, 51 Wis. 185; S. C. 54 id. 499; Foxcroftv. Corinth, 61 Me. 559; 13 Met. 192; 3 id. 428; 21 Pick. 233; Davis v. Town of Soott, 59 Wis. 604; Wallingford v. Southington, 16 Conn. 431; Lewiston v. Harrison, 69 Me. 507; Walden v. Cabot, 25 Yt. 522; Weston v. Wallingford, 52 id. 630; Detroit v.…
1Opinion of the CourtTaylob, J.
This action was brought to recover the value of provisions and other necessaries furnished by the-city to certain persons while residing in said city and alleged to have been paupers. The claim made by the city was that the legal settlement of such paupers was in the town of Saukville, although they actually resided in said city when the necessaries were furnished. The facts in the case in regard to the residence of the persons to whom the necessaries were furnished, are as follows: For fifteen years previous to the 3d clay of October, 1881, the husband, wife, and children to whom the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Town of Scott v. Town of ClaytonWisconsin Supreme Court · 1881
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