Town of Marlborough v. Town of Chatham
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for supplies furnished a pauper; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of Hartford County, and reserved, on facts found, for the advice of this court. The complaint contained three counts, die third of which alone related to the pauper in question—no question being made as to the others. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPark, C. J.
Ho question is made in regard to the causes of action set forth in the first and second counts of the plaintiffs’ complaint. In respect to them the defendants admit their liability.
The controversy is confined to the third count, in which the plaintiffs seek to recover of the defendants the expenses they have incurred in the necessary support of Michael *555Kelley, claimed to have been a state pauper, the burden of whose support, upon the facts of the case, is said to have been cast upon the defendants.
The facts with regard to the migrations of Kelley are as follows: He came to the United States…
2Cited by2 opinions
- City of Bridgeport v. Town of GreenwichSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Town of Canton v. Town of BurlingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1889