State v. Inhabitants of Swan's Island

On report. The State seeks by an action in a plea of the case to recover certain sums expended for aid to a dependent child under R. S., Chap. 22, Sec. 234 from the defendant town in which the State alleges the child had his legal settlement. The defendant filed a brief statement as follows:

“And for special matters of defense to be pleaded with the general issue, the defendants say that reimbursement to the State for Aid to Dependent Children must be, if the defendant is delinquent, collected in the same manner and subject to the same penalties as State taxes as by statute Ch. 22, Sec. 234,…