Inhabitants of Augusta v. Inhabitants of Vienna
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
This is an action of assumpsit for the support of sundry paupers’ and for the expense of their removal. The plaintiffs, to support the issue on their part, proved that a notification in due form, and properly signed, for the purpose of giving-notice to the overseers of the poor of Vienna that said paupers liad become chargeable to the plaintiffs, and requesting the payment of the charges incurred, and the removal of said paupers, was enclosed in a letter superscribed to the…
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This is an action of assumpsit for the support of sundry paupers’ and for the expense of their removal. The plaintiffs, to support the issue on their part, proved that a notification in due form, and properly signed, for the purpose of giving-notice to the overseers of the poor of Vienna that said paupers liad become chargeable to the plaintiffs, and requesting the payment of the charges incurred, and the removal of said paupers, was enclosed in a letter superscribed to the overseers of said Vienna, and despatched by mail on the 28th day of September, 1839; and that if it arrived in due…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Si-iepley J.
— It is enacted by the seventeenth section of the act of 1821, c. 122, providing for the settlement and re*303lief of the poor, that on the required notice being given, if the pauper is not removed, and the notice is not objected to in writing within two months after such notice given, that the town, whoso overseers are thus notified, shall be liable for the expenses of his support and removal, “ and shall be barred from contesting the question of settlement with the plaintiffs in sueh action.” The act, of 1835, c. 149, provides, that if the…
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- Inhabitants of Newton v. Inhabitants of RandolphMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1820
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- Hann v. MerrillSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973
- Hann v. MerrillSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1973