County of Broome v. County of Cortland
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, the County of Cortland, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Broome on the 16th day of February, 1912, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the Broome Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Kellogg, J.:
Oscar Austin and his family of four children were natives of Lisle, Broome county, and resided there without material *350interruption until March 12, 1909. Therefore, they had a legal settlement in that town under section 40 of the Poor Law (Consol. Laws, chap. 42; Laws of 1909, chap. 46), and such settlement continued until they had gained a like settlement in some other town or city by a residence of a year. (Id. §40.)
Prom about March 12, 1909, to" about the middle of October, 1909, they resided in the county of Tioga, and from the latter date. until the family returned to Lisle,…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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