Town of Madison v. Town of Guilford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover the cost of supplies furnished to one who was alleged to be a pauper and to belong to the defendant town, brought by the defendant’s appeal from a judgment of a justice of the peace to the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Wolfe, J.; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
Charles A. Spencer had his legal settlement in the defendant town of Guilford at the time of the death, in September, 1903, of his father, with whom he had always lived. He was then twenty-five years of age, and of inferior mental powers. He continued to live on his late father’s farm in Guilford until it was sold, April 5th, 1904, and a few days thereafter. At this time he took his few belongings and went into the plaintiff town of Madison, where he thereafter remained continuously until after January 14th, 1911, save for three absences each of a few months duration. On December 3d, 1910,…
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