Inhabitants of Norton v. Inhabitants of Mansfield
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit for money expended in the support of one L. Paine, a pauper, alleged by the plaintiffs to have his legal settlement in Mansfield. The declaration contained also a general count for money laid out and expended by the plaintiffs, for the use of the defendants.
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Assumpsit for money expended in the support of one L. Paine, a pauper, alleged by the plaintiffs to have his legal settlement in Mansfield. The declaration contained also a general count for money laid out and expended by the plaintiffs, for the use of the defendants. Mansfield was formerly the north precinct of Norton, and by an act of the provincial government, passed in April, 1770, was created a district, having all the rights and duties of a town, except the right of choosing a representative. By the said act it was, among other things, provided, that Mansfield should “ bear their…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
The pauper’s derivative settlement under his great-grandfather was in Norton, he having acquired none himself, nor his grandfather, or father before him. He gained no settlement in Mansfield, by virtue of the incorporation of that part of Norton into a district, in the year 1770. If he was then born, he was not an inhabitant at the time ; nor had any of his ancestors lived within the limits of that district, except his great-grandfather, who had removed therefrom before the incorporation.
* If the plaintiffs can recover, it must be in virtue of [ *51 J the agreement between them and the…
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