Tilton v. Concord
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for aid furnished paupers. The paupers are the widow and minor children of one Moses Ayotte who acquired a settlement in Concord by the payment of poll taxes for the years 1906 to 1912 inclusive. In 1912 or 1913 Moses removed to Laconia where he died February 22, 1914. His widow and children shortly thereafter moved to Tilton where July 1, 1914, they applied to the overseers of the poor of Tilton for aid, which has since been continuously furnished them.
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Assumpsit, for aid furnished paupers. The paupers are the widow and minor children of one Moses Ayotte who acquired a settlement in Concord by the payment of poll taxes for the years 1906 to 1912 inclusive. In 1912 or 1913 Moses removed to Laconia where he died February 22, 1914. His widow and children shortly thereafter moved to Tilton where July 1, 1914, they applied to the overseers of the poor of Tilton for aid, which has since been continuously furnished them. The city of Concord reimbursed Tilton for all sums expended for the paupers up to April 1, 1916, and then refused further…
1Opinion of the CourtParsons, C. J.
“No town shall be liable for the support of any person unless he, or the person under whom he derives his settlement, shall have wholly gained a settlement therein during the ten years preceding the last date of application for support.” Laws 1903, c. 106. The paupers had no settlement except that derived through the husband and father, Moses Ayotte. It is conceded his settlement in Concord was not wholly gained during the ten years preceding the time when the support sued for was furnished. The paupers, therefore, at the time the aid was furnished, had no settlement in Concord and were…
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