City of Lynn v. City of Newburyport
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract brought to recover for supplies furnished by the plaintiffs to Mrs. Jemima Currier and three children, Franklin Barrett with his wife and three children, and William Barrett with his wife and three children. It was agreed in the superior court that the supplies were furnished as charged for, and that notifications were duly sent by the plaintiffs to the defendants, and never replied to.
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Contract brought to recover for supplies furnished by the plaintiffs to Mrs. Jemima Currier and three children, Franklin Barrett with his wife and three children, and William Barrett with his wife and three children. It was agreed in the superior court that the supplies were furnished as charged for, and that notifications were duly sent by the plaintiffs to the defendants, and never replied to. The first notification was as follows, and the others were in a similar form: “ Office of the overseers of the poor, City Hall, Lynn, January 17, 1861. To the overseers of the poor of the city of…
1Opinion of the CourtMetcalf, J.
The only question in this case is, whether the notices sent to the defendants’ overseers of the poor were sufficient in law.
One objection taken to the notices is, that they do not mention the names of the three children of the several parents. But as it is not shown, nor even suggested, that either of the parents had more than three children, the cases of Walpole v. Hopkinton, 4 Pick. 358, Northfield v. Taunton, 4 Met. 435, 436, and other similar cases, do not sustain this objection.
It is also objected that in neither of the notices were the defendants’ overseers requested to remove the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Norris v. DoniphanCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1863
- Inhabitants of Bridgewater v. Inhabitants of DartmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Inhabitants of Topsham v. Inhabitants of HarpswellMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1805