Strafford County v. Rockingham County
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for the support of a county pauper. Facts found, and ease transferred from the February term, 1901, of the supreme ■court, by Pike, J. In the summer of 1898 a question arose between the commissioners of Rockingham county and the commissioners of Strafford county as to which county was chargeable with the support of a certain pauper.
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Assumpsit, for the support of a county pauper. Facts found, and ease transferred from the February term, 1901, of the supreme ■court, by Pike, J. In the summer of 1898 a question arose between the commissioners of Rockingham county and the commissioners of Strafford county as to which county was chargeable with the support of a certain pauper. It was agreed that the question should be submitted to the presiding «justice at the September term, 1899, of the supreme court for Strafford county, and that his decision should be final. After a hearing, at which the commissioners of both counties…
1Opinion of the CourtRemick, J.
It is found that the county of Strafford has expended $123.04 for the relief of a poor person whose support at the tune of the expenditures was legally chargeable to the county of Rockingham, according to the decision of one of the justices of the supreme court in regular session, after hearing the parties in pursuance of their voluntary submission and agreement to abide by Ms judgment.
True, the commissioners of- the county of Rockingham now deny the binding effect of that decision, but the. law will not permit them to play fast and loose in this fashion. Good faith and the rules of law alike…
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