Inhabitants of Templeton v. Inhabitants of Winchendon

This action is brought under the Pub. Sts. e. 84, § 14, which provide that “ the overseers of the poor, in their respective places, shall provide for the immediate comfort *110and relief of all persons residing or found therein, having lawful settlements in other places, when they fall into distress and stand in need of immediate relief,” the expense of which may, if due notice is given, be recovered of the town where the persons relieved have their settlement.

The burden of proof was upon the plaintiff to show that the person whom it relieved had, at the time the relief was furnished, fallen into…