Town of Vernon v. Town of Ellington
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for supplies furnished to a pauper, claimed to belong to the defendant town; brought to the Superior Court in Tolland County, and, on a finding of the facts, reserved for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
John Dunn, an alien, came to Ellington, where he was naturalized and made an elector in 1859; and there he continued to reside until 1866 when he removed to Vernon. In this last town he was made a voter, and continued to reside until his death in 1876. In both places he supported himself and family and paid the taxes assessed against him.
Lizzie Dunn, the pauper in question, is his daughter, and was born in Ellington; she was ten years of age when her father died. She has never acquired a settlement in her own right. She came to want in Vernon in 1884. That town furnished support to her, but…
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