Weare v. Deering
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for relief furnished a pauper in 1873. Facts found by a referee. The pauper had a settlement in Deering in 1857. After 1860, he lived four successive years on a farm in Weare, of which he had a life lease ; and his life estate was worth more than $150. He withheld his lease from record for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. The farm (including the whole title) was taxed to the lessor, who lived on it with the lessee.
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Assumpsit, for relief furnished a pauper in 1873. Facts found by a referee. The pauper had a settlement in Deering in 1857. After 1860, he lived four successive years on a farm in Weare, of which he had a life lease ; and his life estate was worth more than $150. He withheld his lease from record for the purpose of defrauding his creditors. The farm (including the whole title) was taxed to the lessor, who lived on it with the lessee. By the act of 1796, the person gaining - a settlement in the fourth method must pay all taxes duly assessed on “ the estate aforesaid and the meaning has not…
1Opinion of the CourtDoe, C. J.
A person of full age, dwelling and having his home in one town for four successive years, and during all that time having real estate worth $150, or personal estate worth $250, and bearing his share of the public burdens by paying all taxes duly assessed on him and his estate, is entitled to relief as a contributor to the common fund provided by that community for the support of its members who fall into distress. When unable to support himself, he is not to be removed, for the cause of poverty, from the town in which he has chosen to live, and in which, by performing for four successive…
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- Inhabitants of Wrentham v. Inhabitants of AttleboroughMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1809
- Inhabitants of Sudbury v. Inhabitants of StowMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1816
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