Inhabitants of Warren v. Inhabitants of Thomaston
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This action is assumpsit for the support of a pauper, and comes before the full court upon exceptions to the rulings of May, J., and on motion. The exceptions only are considered in the opinion of the court. The action was brought March 29, 1855, and the question is whether the pauper gained a settlement in the defendant town by a continued residence of five years.
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This action is assumpsit for the support of a pauper, and comes before the full court upon exceptions to the rulings of May, J., and on motion. The exceptions only are considered in the opinion of the court. The action was brought March 29, 1855, and the question is whether the pauper gained a settlement in the defendant town by a continued residence of five years. It was admitted that he had received no supplies as a pauper .from any town other than those sued for in this action. The verdict being for the plaintiffs the defendants excepted to the instructions of the presiding judge. It…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, J.
The case comes up on motion and exceptions. The motion is based upon several specifications, which may, however, be reduced to two general propositions. First, that the verdict is against the evidence in the case. Second, that it is against law. The first proposition may properly be discussed under the motion; the second under the exceptions.
The question at issue was the legal settlement of a pauper by the name of Lawrence. It appears from the case that the original derivative settlement of the pauper was in Warren. The proposition to be established by the plaintiffs was, that he had lost…
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