Town of Windham v. Town of Lebanon
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover for moneys expended in the support of paupers claimed to belong to the defendant town; brought to the Superior Court in Windham County and tried to the jury before Carpenter, J. Verdict for the plaintiffs and appeal by the defendants. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Granger, J.. The whole subject of the support of paupers and the liability of towns therefor is regulated by statute. Various acts have been passed upon this subject, and the one more especially relating to this case is as follows : — “ The selectmen of every town in which a pauper belonging to another town is chargeable shall give notice of *320his condition to such other town within, &c., stating the name of the pauper and that he is chargeable, &c.” Gen. Statutes, p. 199. The main question in this case is, whether the notice sent by the selectmen of Windham to the selectmen of Lebanon was…
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