Inhabitants of Wells v. Inhabitants of Kennebunk
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
In this action, which came before the court upon a case stated, the only question was upon the settlement of Stephen D. Littlefield, a pauper, for whose support the action was brought.
Read the full summary
In this action, which came before the court upon a case stated, the only question was upon the settlement of Stephen D. Littlefield, a pauper, for whose support the action was brought. The facts appear in the opinion of the Court. argued that the clause in the Statute for the settlement and relief of the poor, which fixed ail settlements in the place of the then existing domicil, was not intended to apply to minors having derivative settlements from their fathers; but only to those who were not otherwise provided for in the same statute. Fairfield v Canaan, 7 Greenl. '90. cited North Yarmouth…
1Opinion of the Court
Mellen C. J.
delivered the opinion of the Court, at the ensuing term in Cumberland.
Simon Littlefield, the father of the pauper, had a legal settlement iu Kennehunk, and died in October, 1820, having been for many years prior to his death insane and a town pauper. His wife separated from him in .March, 1809 ; and it does not appear that they over lived together afterwards. Iu May, 1809, the pauper was born at Newfield, where his mother lived at that time at her father’s house, and continued to live until the year 1817, when she removed to Brighton, in the county of Somerset, and from thence in…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Clay v. ShirleySupreme Court of New Hampshire · 1874
- Inhabitants of Camden v. Inhabitants of WarrenSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1964