Marden v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, by the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, to recover for the support of Catherine Callahan, an insane pauper, in a State lunatic hospital, from October 10, 1887, to Septemr ber 30, 1889. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Dunbar, J., it was agreed that Michael Callahan, husband of Catherine, acquired in 1864-65 a military settlement in the town of Westford; and that Catherine resided in the city of Boston without receiving aid as a pauper from January 1, 1881,…
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Contract, by the Treasurer of the Commonwealth, to recover for the support of Catherine Callahan, an insane pauper, in a State lunatic hospital, from October 10, 1887, to Septemr ber 30, 1889. At the trial in the Superior Court, before Dunbar, J., it was agreed that Michael Callahan, husband of Catherine, acquired in 1864-65 a military settlement in the town of Westford; and that Catherine resided in the city of Boston without receiving aid as a pauper from January 1, 1881, to October, 1887. The plaintiff’s evidence tended to show that Michael and Catherine resided together in Boston from the…
1Opinion of the CourtKnowlton, J.
The evidence in regard to Michael Callahan was sufficient to warrant a finding that he was dead. In 1867 he went away from Boston, where his wife and children and others of his relatives lived, and, although they have made efforts to learn his whereabouts, they have not heard from him since that time. He had previously made an application to the United States government for a pension, and a pension was granted to him; but the authorities in charge of the Pension Department at Washington have been unable to ascertain where he is, or whether he is dead or alive. These facts, with nothing to…
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