Town of Old Saybrook v. Town of Milford
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for supplies furnished paupers, brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County where the plaintiff’s demurrer to the second defense of the answer was sustained (Ralph Wheeler, One Collins, having a settlement in the defendant town, but residing in the plaintiff town with his family consisting of his wife and three small children aged six, five and three years, respectively, on or about December 5th, 1900, deserted his family, leaving them in the…
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Action to recover for supplies furnished paupers, brought to the Superior Court in Middlesex County where the plaintiff’s demurrer to the second defense of the answer was sustained (Ralph Wheeler, One Collins, having a settlement in the defendant town, but residing in the plaintiff town with his family consisting of his wife and three small children aged six, five and three years, respectively, on or about December 5th, 1900, deserted his family, leaving them in the plaintiff town poor and unable to support themselves. On or about December 9th they, being in this condition, applied to the…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The reasons of appeal which relate to the action of the court in sustaining the demurrer to portions of .the second defense, need not be considered. Upon the trial the defendant was unrestricted in his proof of the facts alleged in such defense, and all the questions of law involved were then passed upon and made grounds of appeal.
The appellant contends that the persons to whom the sup port was furnished by the plaintiff were not paupers within the meaning of the statute. The finding expressly negatives this contention. It is found that they were, during the whole period in question, poor and…
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