Overseers of the poor of Windham v. City of Portland
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This was a complaint under the statute, originally instituted before a justice of the peace, wherein the complainants allege, that one Samuel Rand, whose legal settlement was in Portland, was found in distress and in need of immediate relief in Wind-ham, and prayed that the lawful settlement of Rand might be adjudged to be in Portland, and that he might be removed to that city.
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This was a complaint under the statute, originally instituted before a justice of the peace, wherein the complainants allege, that one Samuel Rand, whose legal settlement was in Portland, was found in distress and in need of immediate relief in Wind-ham, and prayed that the lawful settlement of Rand might be adjudged to be in Portland, and that he might be removed to that city. The complaint was dated June 22, 1842. The facts are stated at the commencement of the opinion of the Court. and cited Corinna v. Exeter, 1 Shepl. 321 ; East Sudbury v. Wal-tham, 13 Mass. R. 460 ; East Sudbury v.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court, the parties having agreed upon the record that the Judges residing in Portland should sit in the case, was drawn up by
Tenney J.
This is a complaint in behalf of the inhabitants of the town of Windham for the removal of Samuel Rand and his family, alleged 'to have their settlement in the city of Portland. No removal can be adjudged, unless at the *411time of the final adjudication, the settlement is established to be as alleged in the complaint.
The settlement of Samuel Rand was in Portland on the 11th of September, 1837, on which day he had supplies as a pauper from the…
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