Town of Weare v. Town of New-Boston
Superior Court of New Hampshire
This was an action of assumpsit for the support of certain paupers, alleged to have their legal settlement in New-Boston. The cause was submitted to the decision of the court upon the following facts. Toe paupers are the wife and children of Ebenezer Wilson, who formerly resided, and had his settlement, in New- Boston. In the year 1809, Wilson removed, with his family, to Weare; where he and his family have ever since resided.
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This was an action of assumpsit for the support of certain paupers, alleged to have their legal settlement in New-Boston. The cause was submitted to the decision of the court upon the following facts. Toe paupers are the wife and children of Ebenezer Wilson, who formerly resided, and had his settlement, in New- Boston. In the year 1809, Wilson removed, with his family, to Weare; where he and his family have ever since resided. In the year 1811 he was taxed in Weare for his poll and some estate, and for his poll in the year 1821 ; both which taxes he paid. He possessed very little property, at…
1Opinion of the Court
By the court.
If Ebenezer Wilson has gained a settlement in Weare, it must be under the 8th section of the statute of 1st January, 1796, entitled, “ An act to ascertain the ways “and means, by which persons may gain a settlement in any “ town or district within this state, so as to entitle them to “ support therein, if they shall be poor and unable to support “themselves.” That section provides, that “any person “ of the age of twenty-one years, who shall hereafter reside “ in any town or district within this state, and being taxed “ for his poll for the term of seven years, shall pay all…
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