Endicott v. Inhabitants of Hopkinton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the treasurer of the Commonwealth for the amount paid by the Commonwealth to the State Lunatic Hospital at Northampton, for the support of Bridget Sheehan, an insane pauper. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, on an agreed statement of facts, the material parts of which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
This action is brought to recover for the support of an insane pauper whose settlement is claimed to be in Hopkinton. The only question is, whether Thomas Sheehan, the husband of the pauper, gained a settlement in that town, where he resided on a freehold estate from 1863 to 1868, being over twenty-one years of age. He was an alien until November, 1864, when he became a naturalized citizen. In May, 1867, his wife became an insane pauper and was with his consent committed to the state hospital. In January, 1868, he ceased to be a resident of Hopkinton. Thus it appears that for nearly all of…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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