Salisbury v. Merrimack County
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Claim, for the support of Abigail Gould, alleged to be a county pauper. A disagreement arising between the plaintiffs and the county commissioners, the claim was referred, under Gen. Laws, e. 25, s. 10, to the court for decision.
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Claim, for the support of Abigail Gould, alleged to be a county pauper. A disagreement arising between the plaintiffs and the county commissioners, the claim was referred, under Gen. Laws, e. 25, s. 10, to the court for decision. The alleged pauper has lived in Salisbury substantially all the time since 1855. February 14,1876, the county commissioners, on the usual evidence, such as is described in Gen. Laws, e. 83, s. 14, allowed a claim in favor of the plaintiffs for her support from August, 1875, to February, 1876, and since that time until the present claim arose she has been treated as a…
1Opinion of the CourtStanley, J.
By the act of 1791, the court of general sessions of the peace were required to examine and adjust the claims of towns for the support of paupers who had no settlement in the state, and, upon the certificate of the court to that effect, such claims were paid, upon the order of the president with the advice of the council, from the state treasury. This court were to make such order as should appear just, and there was a right of appeal to any party aggrieved. Laws of 1805, pp. 300, 303.
By the act of 1794 the jurisdiction of the court of sessions, as to all matters except granting taxes, was…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Stetson v. KemptonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
- Orleans v. PlattSupreme Court of the United States · 1879
- Downer v. LentCalifornia Supreme Court · 1856
- Inhabitants of Shirley v. Inhabitants of LunenburgMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1814
- People ex rel. Fries v. Supervisors of Marin Cty.California Supreme Court · 1858
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- Concord v. Merrimack CountySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1881
- Matheisel v. County of HillsboroughSupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1970