Town of Guilford v. Town of New Haven
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Amicable Submission, upon an agreed statement of facts, with regard to the settlement of a pauper, to the Court of Common Bleas of New Haven County, reserved for the advice of this court. The case is fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCarpenter, J.
Michael Dugan, the pauper in question, was a foreigner, and came to reside in New Haven in the year 1868, and resided there continuously, supporting himself (he -had no family), until .May, 1887, when, in consequence of a “ strike” by himself and others, he went to work temporarily in the town of Guilford, intending to return as soon as the strike should be adjusted. On" the fourth day of his labor there he was stricken with paralysis, and since that time has been a pauper. On November 7th, 1877, he was naturalized, after which he voted in New Haven until his sickness. An amicable suit…
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