Inhabitants of Unity v. Inhabitants of Thorndike
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Exceptions from the Court of Common Pleas, Pep.ham J. presiding. In assumpsit to recover supplies furnished to one Sally Severance, alleged to have a settlement in Thorndike, it was proved by the plaintiffs, that a written notice, as required by law, was seasonably given by them to the defendants; that the supplies were furnished as charged ; and that when furnished to her, Sally Sever-anee had fallen into distress in Unity, and stood in need of immediate relief.
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Exceptions from the Court of Common Pleas, Pep.ham J. presiding. In assumpsit to recover supplies furnished to one Sally Severance, alleged to have a settlement in Thorndike, it was proved by the plaintiffs, that a written notice, as required by law, was seasonably given by them to the defendants; that the supplies were furnished as charged ; and that when furnished to her, Sally Sever-anee had fallen into distress in Unity, and stood in need of immediate relief. The defendants then proved, that within two months from the receipt of the notice from the plaintiffs, two of the overseers of the…
1Opinion of the Court
After a continuance for advisement, tbe opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Weston C. J.
The statute requires, that the answer from the overseers of the poor of a town, to whom notice has been given, that relief has been afforded to a pauper, whose settlement is alleged to be in their town, should be in writing. But an answer defective in form or substance, may be accepted, and the objections which might otherwise be raised against it, waived. This has been held in Embden v. Augusta, 12 Mass. R. 307 ; Shutesbury v. Oxford, 16 ib. 102; and in York v. Penobscot, 2 Greenl. 1. In all these cases,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Town of Hanover v. EatonSuperior Court of New Hampshire · 1823
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- Inhabitants of Town of Amity v. INHABITANTS, ETC.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1957