Town of Croydon v. County of Sullivan
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
This is an application of the overseer of the poor of the town of Croydon to the county of Sullivan, for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the support of Henry Richardson, a pauper, from Dec. 2, 1864, to Jan. 23, 1866, amounting to $93.64. The said Henry, with his parents, Jacob and Hepsibeth Richardson, moved from Springfield, in said county, to Croydon, Dec. 2, 1864, and has lived there since that date.
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This is an application of the overseer of the poor of the town of Croydon to the county of Sullivan, for reimbursement of expenses incurred in the support of Henry Richardson, a pauper, from Dec. 2, 1864, to Jan. 23, 1866, amounting to $93.64. The said Henry, with his parents, Jacob and Hepsibeth Richardson, moved from Springfield, in said county, to Croydon, Dec. 2, 1864, and has lived there since that date. He is fifty years óf age, and has been from infancy, deaf, dumb, a non compos, and wholly unable to support himself, and having always lived with his father, now over eighty years of…
1Opinion of the CourtBellows, J.
The pauper has no settlement in this State unless he acquired one in Springfield between the years 1854 and 1861, inclusive, by derivation from his father. From the facts stated, the son during ail this period was a member of his father’s family, and although fifty years of age was not emancipated, being in a state of idiotcy.
It is claimed that the father gained a settlement in Springfield by residence and payment of taxes upon real estate, for four years in succession, during the above period. It, appears, however, that the pauper was supported as such in Springfield, from March 10,1857,…
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