Hopkins v. Town of Plainfield
Supreme Court of Connecticut
IN ERROR. This was a suit for the maintenance of a bastard child, instituted and prosecuted, by the selectmen of the town of Plainfield, against Hopkins,'the person accused of begetting such child.
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IN ERROR. This was a suit for the maintenance of a bastard child, instituted and prosecuted, by the selectmen of the town of Plainfield, against Hopkins,'the person accused of begetting such child. The complaint was addressed to Joseph Eaton, Esq., a justice of the peace, stating, That on the 12th of April 1824, Bet-sey Hall, a legal and settle^ inhabitant of the town of Plain-field, was, at said Plainfield, delivered of a bastard child, begotten by said Hopkins; that said Betsey had neglected to bring forward a suit for the maintenance of said child, and to prosecute the same to final…
1Opinion of the CourtDaggett, J.
The objections to the judgment of the county court, and by reason of which, it is insisted, the judgment ought to be reversed, will be briefly noticed, in the order taken by the plaintiff in error.
1. The original complaint is insufficient, because it is not alleged, that the town of Plainfield was interested in the support of the illegitimate child. It is said, according to the case of Morse v. State, 6 Conn. Rep. 9. an indictment or information upon a statute must state all the facts necessary to bring the defendant precisely within the statute There can be no *289doubt of the correctness of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Waldo v. SpencerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1821
- Morse v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1825
- Bradley v. BaldwinSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1824
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