Inhabitants of Readfield v. Inhabitants of Dresden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
[*317] * This was assumpsit for the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the plaintiffs for the support of one Ann Crouch, who was a pauper and in distress at Readfield ; but whose legal settlement was in Dresden.
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[*317] * This was assumpsit for the reimbursement of expenses incurred by the plaintiffs for the support of one Ann Crouch, who was a pauper and in distress at Readfield ; but whose legal settlement was in Dresden. The action was commenced in August, 1811. A verdict was taken before the present Chief Justice, October term, 1813, by consent, for $280.90, subject to be reduced by the Court to the sum of $80, with interest from April 10th, 1811, if the Court should determine that no more was, by law, recoverable upoP the following facts. “It is agreed, that no other notice was given by the…
1Per curiam
So much of the account of expenses, as was due more than two years before the commencement of the action, cannot be recovered. The limitation in the statute is a bar to it. And the expense having been incurred by Norton, and the suit by him against Readfield for it not being determined, and the money paid by the town, until October, 1810,.can make no difference. The cause of action accrued to the town of Readfield when the expense was incurred ; and it was their own negligence that they did not sooner reimburse Norton. The statute gives no remedy but for the expense of maintenance. The…
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