Inhabitants of Bozrah v. Inhabitants of Stonington
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, for supplies furnished to, and money laid out and expended for the support of Mulford Babcock, and his wife and minor children, from the 20th of June, 1817, to the 20th of May, 1820, alleged to have been legally settled inhabitants of the town of Stonington, residing in Bozrah, sick and needing relief. The cause was tried at New-London, October term, 1821, before Peters, J. was the legitimate son of Abel Babcock and Elizabeth, his wife.
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This was an action of assumpsit, for supplies furnished to, and money laid out and expended for the support of Mulford Babcock, and his wife and minor children, from the 20th of June, 1817, to the 20th of May, 1820, alleged to have been legally settled inhabitants of the town of Stonington, residing in Bozrah, sick and needing relief. The cause was tried at New-London, October term, 1821, before Peters, J. was the legitimate son of Abel Babcock and Elizabeth, his wife. Abel Babcock was a settled inhabitant of Groton, and died in November, 1787, when Mulford was about twelve years old.…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
The settlement of the pauper, during his minority, and until he has become emancipated, equally follows that of the father and that of the mother, acquired in her own right. Dedham v. Natick, 16 Mass. Rep. 135. Newtown v. Stratford, 3 Conn. Rep. 600. If of sufficient ability, the obligation of a mother to provide for her children is the same as that of the father; and hence, on the same principles, a settlement is indifferently derived from either. Whether the pauper was actually residing in the family of the mother, is no material question; but the only enquiry is, was he…
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