Town of New-Milford v. Town of Sherman
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action to recover the expenses of the support and funeral of William Prout, alleged to be an inhabitant of the town of Sherman.
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This was an action to recover the expenses of the support and funeral of William Prout, alleged to be an inhabitant of the town of Sherman. The cause was tried, on the general issue, at Litchfield, February term, 1851. On the trial, it was admitted, that Prout, the pauper for whose support the action was brought, had his birth, in the town of New-Milford; but the plaintiffs claimed, that subsequently to December, 1832, and before the accruing of their account, he had gained a settlement in the town of Sherman, by six years residence therein according to the statute. It appeared in evidence,…
1Opinion of the CourtEllsworth, J.
We have directed our attention, for the most part, to only one of the grounds urged for a new trial. Is the town of New-Milford prevented from recovering from the town of Sherman for the support furnished to Prout, one of its inhabitants, having themselves been instrumental in bringing him into the town of New-Milford?
But we will first dispose of the other points which are of minor importance. And first, it is said, that Prout was not poor and necessitous, within the meaning of the statute; because a short time before he was in the poor-house in New-Milford, he put two promissory notes into…
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