Woodes v. Dennett
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit upon an account annexed, for boarding and nursing one George Pickering seventeen days, in March, 1832. Upon the trial, it appeared in evidence that the plaintiff was an inhabitant of Gilmanton, and that said Pickering, who had his legal settlement in Barnstead, was sick at his house, and unable to. support himself, at the time mentioned in the account.
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Assumpsit upon an account annexed, for boarding and nursing one George Pickering seventeen days, in March, 1832. Upon the trial, it appeared in evidence that the plaintiff was an inhabitant of Gilmanton, and that said Pickering, who had his legal settlement in Barnstead, was sick at his house, and unable to. support himself, at the time mentioned in the account. The plaintiff notified the defendant, who was at the time one of the selectmen of Barnstead, that Pickering was sick at his house, and requested him to see that he was taken care of. The defendant agreed with the plaintiff to take…
1Opinion of the Court
Parker. J.
Where a person, within any town, is poor and *57in need of relief, it is the duty of the selectmen, or overseers of the poor, of that town, to furnish the necessary relief. N. H. Laws 305. And in such case, it has been held that if supplies have been furnished by the order of one of the selectmen, the assent of the others may be presumed by a jury. 3 N. H. R. 290, Lee vs. Deerfield. As the duty thus devolved on the board of selectmen was, in many instances, one requiring prompt action, it was not thought necessary to show that the board was called together in each particular case,…
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