Harrison v. Gilbert
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Application for a writ of habeas corpus, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Ulmer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the respondents, and appeal by the petitioner for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The petitioner" for the writ was Charles A. Harrison, and the persons for whose enlargement the writ was sought were Charles A. Hull and his wife.
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Application for a writ of habeas corpus, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the court, Ulmer, J.; facts found and judgment rendered in favor of the respondents, and appeal by the petitioner for alleged errors in the rulings of the court. The petitioner" for the writ was Charles A. Harrison, and the persons for whose enlargement the writ was sought were Charles A. Hull and his wife. The defendants in their return justified respectively as first selectman and keeper of the almshouse of the town of Farmington, asserting that the Hulls were paupers belonging to that…
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
The finding of the Superior Court that Mr. and Mrs. Hull were paupers and had a settlement in the town of Farmington, at the time of their removal to its almshouse, is conclusive, unless it be inconsistent with the facts specially set forth upon the record.
There is no such inconsistency. His birth gave him a settlement in Farmington. This relation to that town he could not vary while a minor, and did not after coming of age. Sterling v. Plainfield, 4 Conn. 114. His marriage (it not appearing that either party was then, or during the year previous had been, a pauper) communicated the same…
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