Town of Reading v. Town of Westport
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, to recover certain sums of money expended by the plaintiffs for the support of Laura Barlow, the wife, and of Josia.fi Barlow and Sally Barlow, the children, of Samuel Barlow, alleged to be settled inhabitants of the town of Westport, residing in Reading, being destitute of property, and reduced by sickness to want and distress.
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This was an action of assumpsit, to recover certain sums of money expended by the plaintiffs for the support of Laura Barlow, the wife, and of Josia.fi Barlow and Sally Barlow, the children, of Samuel Barlow, alleged to be settled inhabitants of the town of Westport, residing in Reading, being destitute of property, and reduced by sickness to want and distress. The cause was tried, on the general issue, at Danbury, October term, 1848 ; when the court, upon the claims of the parties respectively, (a) charged the jury, That in order to acquire a settlement in any town in this state, by…
1Opinion of the Court
Church, Ch. J.
The result of this case must depend upon fixing correctly the place of Samuel Barlow’s settlement, when the supplies were furnished for which the action was brought. His settlement determines that of the paupers in question.
The birth-place of Samuel Barlow was Fairfield; from thence he removed to Reading, married there and had children; and in the year 1820, he abandoned his wife and family in Reading, and went to reside in the parish of Greens-*564farms, then a part of the old town of Fairfield, since annexed to Westport. In Greensfarms, Barlow was unlawfully married to Lucy Mills,…
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