Inhabitants of Eagle Lake v. Inhabitants of Fort Kent

This is an action to recover for pauper supplies furnished one Dennis Michaud and wife, and comes to this court on report. Two issues of fact are presented. First, Did Dennis Michaud have a derivative settlement from his father, Baptiste Michaud, in the defendant town, as claimed by the plaintiffs? Second, If so, had he lost that derivative settlement and acquired one in his own right in the plaintiff town at the time the supplies were furnished, as claimed by the defendants?

The chronological facts are these. Dennis Michaud was born in Fort Kent in 1883 and lived there until he was…