Town of Morris v. Town of Plymouth
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Assumpsit, for supplies furnished to a pauper claimed to belong to the defendant town ; brought to the superior court in Litchfield county. The following statement of- facts was agreed on by the parties.
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Assumpsit, for supplies furnished to a pauper claimed to belong to the defendant town ; brought to the superior court in Litchfield county. The following statement of- facts was agreed on by the parties. Stephen Monson, Sen., having a legal settlement in the town of Plymouth, removed from that town to the state of Ohio, about the year 1832, and subsequently gained a settlement there, having taken with him his son Stephen Monson Jr., who also, in right of his father, acquired a settlement in Ohio, and who was born in Plymouth during his father’s settlement there, and who at the time of…
1Opinion of the CourtMcCurdy, J.
Laws in relation to the settlement of inhabitants are everywhere local regulations, and the liability of. towns and others for their support depends upon the requirements of particular statutes. Generally it is of little consequence, as between the parties liable, what the rules of settlement may be, if they are equal and uniform in their operation and easily understood.
*272There were certain early decisions of the superior court of this state to the effect that a person who had a legal settlement here lost it upon gaining one in another state, and that upon his return the town from which he went…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Inhabitants of Townsend v. Inhabitants of BillericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
- Town of Lyme v. Town of East-HaddamSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1841
- Marlborough v. SissonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1854
- Inhabitants of Middletown v. Inhabitants of LymeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1823
- Town of Bethlem v. Town of RoxburySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1850
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- In re ChapmanNew York County Court, Cattaraugus County · 1895
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- Town of Guilford v. Town of NorwalkSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1900