Inhabitants of Williamsburg v. Inhabitants of Adams
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for expenses incurred by the plaintiff town for the relief of one Edward Gruyott, Jr., a pauper, alleged to have had a settlement in the defendant town at the time the aid was furnished. Writ dated August 15, 1901. • At the trial in the Superior Court before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $138.07 ; and the defendant alleged exceptions.
Read the full summary
Contract for expenses incurred by the plaintiff town for the relief of one Edward Gruyott, Jr., a pauper, alleged to have had a settlement in the defendant town at the time the aid was furnished. Writ dated August 15, 1901. • At the trial in the Superior Court before Maynard, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $138.07 ; and the defendant alleged exceptions. The statutes referred to are- as follows: St. 1874, c. 274, §§ 2 and 3, provided: ' “ Section 2. Any woman of the age of twenty-one years who resides in any place within- this state for five years together…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
The verdict shows that the jury must have found that at the time the aid was furnished to Edward Guyott, Jr., he had a settlement in Adams through his mother Mary, under and by virtue of St. 1874, c. 274, and St. 1878, c. 190, as amended, by St. 1879, c. 242; and the only question before us is whether the evidence warranted such a finding.
The evidence tends to show that in the spring of 1869 Mary Guyott came with her husband and children from Canada to Adams and lived there with them for five years, and then they all moved to some other town. The family were evidently of French extraction and…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Cambridge v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1881
- City of Somerville v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1876
- Inhabitants of Dedham v. Inhabitants of MiltonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
3Cited by4 opinions
- In Re LeslieSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- Treasurer & Receiver General v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- County of Steele v. County of WasecaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1926
- Town of Plymouth v. Town of KingstonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1935