Inhabitants of Northfield v. Inhabitants of Taunton
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit to recover expenses incurred in the support of paupers whose settlement was alleged to be in Taunton. The parties agreed that such judgment should be rendered, as law and justice require, on the following statement agreed upon by them : The plaintiffs, at the trial of this case, offered in evidence a notice, dated March 5th 1838, signed by “ John M. Dickinson, chairman of the board of overseers of the poor of North-field,” and sent to the overseers of the poor of…
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Assumpsit to recover expenses incurred in the support of paupers whose settlement was alleged to be in Taunton. The parties agreed that such judgment should be rendered, as law and justice require, on the following statement agreed upon by them : The plaintiffs, at the trial of this case, offered in evidence a notice, dated March 5th 1838, signed by “ John M. Dickinson, chairman of the board of overseers of the poor of North-field,” and sent to the overseers of the poor of Taunton, in these terms : “ Charles Reed, and his wife and four children, whose lawful settlement is in Taunton, and now…
1Opinion of the CourtDewey, J.
Various objections are taken to the sufficiency of the evidence offered to maintain this action. 1. It is con tended that the notice was informally signed on the part of the overseers of the poor of Northfield ; it not being subscribed with the names of a major part of them, nor directly purporting to be signed by their order, as was the case in Westminster v Bernardston, 8 Mass. 104. But we think this objection unavailing ; as we hold, that a signature by “ A. B. chairman of the board of overseers,” does, on its face, purport to be an act emanating from the board, and to be done under their…
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