Inhabitants of Jefferson v. Inhabitants of Washington
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. The facts upon which the judgment sought to be reversed was rendered, appear in the report and adjudication of Redington J., which was as follows:— This is a complaint made before a justice of the peace, by the overseers of the poor of Washington, to recover the expenses incurred by them in the support of one Nathaniel Place, a pauper, whose legal settlement is alleged to be in Jefferson, and also…
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This was a writ of error to reverse a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas. The facts upon which the judgment sought to be reversed was rendered, appear in the report and adjudication of Redington J., which was as follows:— This is a complaint made before a justice of the peace, by the overseers of the poor of Washington, to recover the expenses incurred by them in the support of one Nathaniel Place, a pauper, whose legal settlement is alleged to be in Jefferson, and also to procure his removal. It was admitted, that the pauper fell into distress in Washington, and was supplied with…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Whitman C.
The plaintiffs have sued out a writ of error, against the defendants, to reverse a judgment of the late Court of Common Pleas, rendered on a complaint, originally filed before a magistrate, and brought into that Court by appeal, under a statute providing for the settlement and support of the poor. The present defendants allege, in their complaint that, one Nathaniel Place- had become chargeable to them, and that his settlement is in Jefferson ; and pray for his removal, &-c. The statute required that the Court of Common Pleas should state the…
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