Town of Dorr v. Town of Seneca

Hr. Chief Justice Walker

delivered the opinion of the Court:

This was an action brought by the town of Dorr against the town of Seneca, to recover for the expense of keeping a pauper claimed to be chargeable .to the latter. A trial was had by the court and a jury, resulting in a judgment in favor of the town of Seneca, from which this appeal is prosecuted.

It is first urged that the court below erred in the admission of evidence. The main question in the case was, as to the residence of the pauper at the time and for the preceding six months to her becoming a town charge. This being the…