Inhabt's of New Portland v. Inabt's of Rumford
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
The only question made in this case, which came before the Court on a statement of facts, was, where was the settlement of the pauper ? James McAllister, and his family, for whose support the action was brought, had his settlement in Rumford in March, 1831, and in March, 1833, removed into New Vineyard, living’ on that part of the town which was annexed to New Portland by an act of the legislature, passed March 4, 1834; and continued to reside on that part until after that…
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The only question made in this case, which came before the Court on a statement of facts, was, where was the settlement of the pauper ? James McAllister, and his family, for whose support the action was brought, had his settlement in Rumford in March, 1831, and in March, 1833, removed into New Vineyard, living’ on that part of the town which was annexed to New Portland by an act of the legislature, passed March 4, 1834; and continued to reside on that part until after that act was passed. All the supplies sued for were advanced after the passage of the act. A nonsuit or default was to be…
1Opinion of the Court
After the case had been continued for advisement, the opinion of the Court was prepared by
Weston C. J.
The settlement of the paupers, for whose support this action is brought, it is agreed was in Rumford, in March, 1831. In 1833, they removed into that part of New Vineyard, which in 1834, was annexed to New Portland, and there remained, at the time ofsuch, annexation. Their residence in New Vineyard gave them no settlement in that town.
*301The sixth mode of gaining a settlement, under our statute for the relief of the poor, statute of 1821, ch. 122, is precisely like the tenth mode of the act of…
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