City of Somerville v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition, filed in the Superior Court on October 25,1915, under R. L. c. 81, § 21, as amended by St. 1903, c. 355, § 1, and by St. 1912, c. 331, § 1, for reimbursement by the Commonwealth for sums expended by the city of Somerville through its overseers of the poor for the maintenance of the wife and minor children of Michael J. Burke, who were alleged .to have no lawful settlement within the Commonwealth.
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Petition, filed in the Superior Court on October 25,1915, under R. L. c. 81, § 21, as amended by St. 1903, c. 355, § 1, and by St. 1912, c. 331, § 1, for reimbursement by the Commonwealth for sums expended by the city of Somerville through its overseers of the poor for the maintenance of the wife and minor children of Michael J. Burke, who were alleged .to have no lawful settlement within the Commonwealth. R. L. c. 81, § 21, as amended by St. 1903, c. 355, and St. 1912, c. 331, so far as material to this case, is as follows: “A city or town may furnish aid to poor persons found therein,…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is a petition to recover for aid furnished under the provisions of R. L. c. 81, § 21, as amended by St. 1903, c. 355, § 1, and as further amended by St. 1912, c. 331, § 1, to the wife *591and minor children of Michael J. Burke. The case comes before this court on a report made by a judge of the Superior Court, who ruled that the aid furnished the wife and children did not prevent the acquiring of a settlement in Somerville by Michael J. Burke. The judge found that the wife and children acquired such settlement, and also found for the respondent.
It is recited in the report as follows:
“The…
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