Inhabitants of Oldtown v. Inhabitants of Bangor
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On facts agreed. Action for supplies furnished by the plaintiff town to James Walker, as a pauper, who fell into distress in that town, June 22, 1868. Seasonable notice and denial were given.
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On facts agreed. Action for supplies furnished by the plaintiff town to James Walker, as a pauper, who fell into distress in that town, June 22, 1868. Seasonable notice and denial were given. George Walker, father of the pauper, was born a British subject, in Ireland; came to Bangor in October, 1827, where he was naturalized in January, 1834; resided in Bangor, exercising the rights of a citizen, until July, 1841, when he moved with his family into the province of New Brunswick, where he went into business, and has ever since resided, exercising the rights of a citizen of that Province; on…
1Opinion of the CourtAppleton, C. J.
The father of the pauper was an alien, who had been naturalized in this State, and after his naturalization had acquired a settlement in Bangor. Subsequently to this the father removed to the Province of New Brunswick, where he has since resided and where the pauper was bom.
The rights and privileges of citizenship, whether arising from birth or acquired by naturalization are the same. The father, when he removed, was a citizen of the United States, and remained so notwithstanding his absence from its jurisdiction. Though the pauper was born in New Brunswick, he is to be regarded as a citizen…
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