Springfield v. Enfield
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for money expended and supplies furnished by Springfield for the support of William Hopkins, a pauper, alleged to have his settlement in Enfield. Writ dated November 30, 1853. Plea, the general issue. It was agreed by the parties that Hopkins was in the town of Springfield, was poor, and in need of relief, and that the relief was furnished by Springfield, and that the town of Enfield was duly notified.
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Assumpsit, for money expended and supplies furnished by Springfield for the support of William Hopkins, a pauper, alleged to have his settlement in Enfield. Writ dated November 30, 1853. Plea, the general issue. It was agreed by the parties that Hopkins was in the town of Springfield, was poor, and in need of relief, and that the relief was furnished by Springfield, and that the town of Enfield was duly notified. That Caleb M. Dyer is and has been one of the trustees of the society of Shakers (so called) in Enfield, for more than thirty years last past; that Hopkins came to live in said…
1Opinion of the CourtEastman, J.
It has often been remarked that, as between contesting towns, the statutes regulating the settlement of paupers are construed with great strictness. It is said that upon questions of this kind there are no equities between the towns. And there is no doubt that statutes upon this subject have been construed with a strictness not surpassed upon any other question involving civil rights. Rex v. Kingswinniford, 4 Term Rep. 219; Rex v. Inhabitants of Ober, 1 East 599; Rex v. Inhabitants of Rushulme, 10 East 325; Jefferson v. Pequanach, 1 Green’s (N. J.) Rep. 187; Rex v. Ramsgate, 6 Barn. & Cress.…
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- Jaffrey v. CornishSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1840
- Overseers of the Poor of Amenia v. Overseers of StanfordNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Inhabitants of Wrentham v. Inhabitants of AttleboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Overseers of the Poor of Wallkill v. Overseers of the Poor of MamakatingNew York Supreme Court · 1817
- The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of Sherburne v. The Overseers of the Poor of the Town of NorwichNew York Supreme Court · 1819
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