Gleason v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the treasurer of the Commonwealth, for money expended, from July 1, 1882, to December 1, 1884, in the relief of Daniel Harrington, a minor, who was alleged to have a settlement derived from his mother in the defendant city. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker, J., who found for the defendant; and reported the case for the determination of this court.
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Contract, by the treasurer of the Commonwealth, for money expended, from July 1, 1882, to December 1, 1884, in the relief of Daniel Harrington, a minor, who was alleged to have a settlement derived from his mother in the defendant city. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker, J., who found for the defendant; and reported the case for the determination of this court. If the finding was correct in law, judgment was to be entered thereon for the defendant; if incorrect, judgment was to be entered for the plaintiff. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDeveus, J.
It is to be considered whether Mary A. Harrington, the mother of Daniel Harrington, for whom support has been furnished by the Commonwealth, had herself acquired a settlement in the city of Boston. She was a-married woman, having no settlement of her own, and none derived from her husband elsewhere in the Commonwealth. She acquired one by residence in the defendant city for five years consecutively from February 14, 1877, to February 14, 1882, unless it shall be held that she received relief as a pauper during this period, by reason that, on her application, the sum of three dollars was given…
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