Town of Rolling v. City of Antigo

The determination of the controversy in this case depends upon the interpretation of sec. 49.02, Stats., as follows:

“Legal settlements. (4) Every person of full age who shall have resided in any town, village, or city in this state one whole year shall thereby gain a settlement therein; but no residence of a person in any town, village, or city while supported therein as a pauper, shall operate to give such person a settlement therein.”

In this as in every other case involving the construction of a statute, one of the principal considerations is the object and purpose of the enactment. The…