Inhabitants of Clinton v. Inhabitants of Benton
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The inhabitants of Benton brought an action of assumpsit, against the inhabitants of Clinton, for supplies to the amount of $32,16 cents, furnished to four minor children of David Groodale, alleged to have their legal settlement in Benton. In this action, judgment was given for the plaintiffs. The defendant town petitions for a review.
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The inhabitants of Benton brought an action of assumpsit, against the inhabitants of Clinton, for supplies to the amount of $32,16 cents, furnished to four minor children of David Groodale, alleged to have their legal settlement in Benton. In this action, judgment was given for the plaintiffs. The defendant town petitions for a review. The following facts are agreed upon : — In March, 1842, the town of Clinton was divided, and the southern portion incorporated into a new town by the name of Sebasticook, since changed to Benton. By the Act of division, § 3, it was provided, that the town of…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Rice, J.
Chapter 32 of R. S. of 1841, § 1, clause 4, makes general provision for the settlement of paupers in case of division of towns, or the incorporation of new towns from part or parts of one or more old towns.
The Act incorporating the town of Sebasticook modified the general statute so far as the support of the paupers then actually chargeable on the town of Clinton was concerned, by providing that each town should contribute to the support of such paupers in the proportion to their polls and estates, as ascertained at the valuation of the town of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Wilder v. WhittemoreMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1818
3Cited by1 opinion
- Inhabitants of Town of Bethel v. INHABITANTS, ETC.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1955