Inhabitants of Sterling v. Inhabitants of Plainfield
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the town of Plainfield, for the support of the wife and two children of Sylvester Stacy, who were alleged to be paupers, and settled inhabitants of the town of Sterling. In 1763, Sybil Boon, an inhabitant of Upton, in the state of Massachusetts, had there a bastard son, named Stephen Stacey. In 1789. he came to reside in that part of the town of Voluntown in this state, which is now included in the town of Sterling.
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IN ERROR. This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the town of Plainfield, for the support of the wife and two children of Sylvester Stacy, who were alleged to be paupers, and settled inhabitants of the town of Sterling. In 1763, Sybil Boon, an inhabitant of Upton, in the state of Massachusetts, had there a bastard son, named Stephen Stacey. In 1789. he came to reside in that part of the town of Voluntown in this state, which is now included in the town of Sterling. In 1790, he married an inhabitant of the same place, by whom he had a legitimate son, there born, named Sylvester Stacey.…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
The general question for determination, is, whether the paupers named in the plaintiffs’ declaration are inhabitants of the town of Sterling. Many of the facts stated in the bill of exceptions, are unnecessary, and answer no valuable purpose. There is no ground of pretence, that Stephen Stacey, by commorancy, or in any other manner, obtained a settlement in this state; and as little is there, that by Sylvester Stacey any such settlement was gained, unless by his birth. His residence at Lisbon, when a minor, was followed by no legal consequence, since by our law an infant can ob*116ta…
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