Hillsborough v. Deering
Superior Court of New Hampshire
This was a writ of error brought to reverse a judgment of the court of common pleas in this county. It appeared by the record that Deering brought an action of assump-sit against Hillsborough for the support of Sophia Mead and her infant daughter, paupers alleged to have their settlement in Hillsborough, At the trial in the common pleas the town of Hillsborough introduced evidence tending to prove that John Mead, the father of Sophia Mead the pauper, was the owner of a clear…
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This was a writ of error brought to reverse a judgment of the court of common pleas in this county. It appeared by the record that Deering brought an action of assump-sit against Hillsborough for the support of Sophia Mead and her infant daughter, paupers alleged to have their settlement in Hillsborough, At the trial in the common pleas the town of Hillsborough introduced evidence tending to prove that John Mead, the father of Sophia Mead the pauper, was the owner of a clear estate in a farm situate in Society Land and Deering, in this county, of the value of nine hundred dollars ; that he…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Richardson, C. J.
The child of Sophia Mead has the settlement of its mother, who retains the settlement of John Mead her father, we shall therefore proceed to consider in what place John Mead is settled.
It is found by the jury that John Mead had his legal settlement in Hillsborough in 1811 ; that settlement he still retains unless he has lost it by gaining a settlement in Society Land. And it is further found that since 1811, John Mead has gained a settlement in Society land, if by law a settlement can be gained in that place, which is* unincorporated,…
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- Edwards v. DavisNew York Supreme Court · 1819
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- Dawes v. HowardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
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