City of Bangor v. Inhabitants of Veazie
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report on an agreed statement. This is an action of assumpsit to recover for pauper supplies furnished to Everett W. Spencer and Paris A. Spencer, minor children of Ralph Spencer and his wife Nellie M. Spencer, between September 14, 1910, and March 15, 1912, amounting to $103.07. Ralph Spencer, whose pauper settlement was in Veazie, left his wife and said minors and went to the State of Washington, and has not returned, or communicated with, or provided for them.
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On report on an agreed statement. This is an action of assumpsit to recover for pauper supplies furnished to Everett W. Spencer and Paris A. Spencer, minor children of Ralph Spencer and his wife Nellie M. Spencer, between September 14, 1910, and March 15, 1912, amounting to $103.07. Ralph Spencer, whose pauper settlement was in Veazie, left his wife and said minors and went to the State of Washington, and has not returned, or communicated with, or provided for them. The wife removed from Veazie in 1902 and has not lived in Veazie since. That in January, 1906, she was divorced from Spencer and…
1Opinion of the CourtBird, J.
This is an action for pauper supplies furnished two minor children of Ralph Spencer on and between September 14, 1910 and March 15, 1912. It appears from the agreed statement of facts that Ralph Spencer, having his pauper settlement in Veazie, in the month of October, 1902, left his wife and said minors, went to the State of Washington and has not returned to the State of Maine, except on one occasion when, coming for a business purpose, and neither communicating with his children nor making provision for them, he remained for a few days only.
His wife, Nellie M. Spencer, removed from the town…
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