Inhabitants of Brookfield v. Inhabitants of Warren
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract upon an account annexed for money expended by the plaintiff town in the relief of Albert Walker, a pauper, whose settlement was alleged to be in the defendant town. Answer, a general denial. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Pitmcm, J., the jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff; and the defendant alleged exceptions, the substance of which appears in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMorton, J.
The plaintiff contended that Walker, the pauper for whose support this action is brought, acquired a settlement in Warren by a residence of ten years, from 1847 to 1857, and the payment of taxes for five years during that period. One question at the trial was whether his residence had been interrupted by his removal to Wales in 1856 with the intention of making his residence there. It appeared that, in May 1856, Walker went to Wales from Warren, taking with him his tools for shoemaking, some household furniture, and one of his two children, and remained in Wales about two weeks, when he…
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