Overseers of the poor of Blenheim v. Overseers of Windham
New York Supreme Court
IN ERROR, from the general sessions of the peace of the county of Greene. This was an appeal from the order of the justices of the town of Windham, in the county of Greene, for <9 " the removal of Julius Agars, a pauper, from that town to the town of Blenheim, in the county of Schoharie, to the general sessions of the peace of the county of Greene.
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IN ERROR, from the general sessions of the peace of the county of Greene. This was an appeal from the order of the justices of the town of Windham, in the county of Greene, for <9 " the removal of Julius Agars, a pauper, from that town to the town of Blenheim, in the county of Schoharie, to the general sessions of the peace of the county of Greene. In 1777, Agars came into the town of Woodstock, in that part of it which is now Windham, and about 20 years ago purchased of Johannes Hardenbergh 100 acres of land for the consideration of 75 dollars, for which land he received a deed in fee ; but…
1Per curiam
The legal settlement of the pauper was originally in Windham, and the only question is, whether he acquired a settlement in Blenheim, by the purchase of the 100 acres of land of Johannes Hardenbergh, for the consideration of 75 dollars, which was paid. This deed was taken about 20 years ago, and the land was described as lying in the Hardenbergh patent in Ulster county, and it was understood to lie south of Coxe’s line. The pauper cleared, in one season, a part of the land and put in a crop of grain, which he gathered the next year. While he was so at work, he boarded in the town of Blenheim,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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