Town of Roxbury v. Town of Bridgewater
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover expenses incurred in the necessary-support of a pauper, his wife and children, who were alleged to have a legal settlement in the defendant town, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Litchfield County, Welch, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant.
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Action to recover expenses incurred in the necessary-support of a pauper, his wife and children, who were alleged to have a legal settlement in the defendant town, brought to and tried by the Court of Common Pleas in Litchfield County, Welch, Jfacts found and judgment rendered for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant. May 1st, 1894, Oliver Wilmot had his legal settlement in the town of Bridgewater, where he had resided continuously during the preceding six years and more, supporting himself and making that town his home. During the last four years and more of this time, he had kept…
1Opinion of the CourtPrentice, J.
The fundamental question in this case relates to the legal settlement, during the period from December 6th, 1903, to September 6th, 1905, of Oliver Wilmot. May 1st, 1894, finds him with such settlement in the defendant town, where he was then domiciled. Within a week or ten days thereafter, he found employment in the plaintiff town, and removed thither. His settlement in Bridgewater, however, remained until another was gained elsewhere. If he at any time gained another, he must have done so between May 1st, 1894, and November 3d, 1900, and the one gained must have been in Roxbury. This much…
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