Inhabitants of Brewer v. Inhabitants of Eddington
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On Report from Nisi Prim. Assumpsit for supplies furnished by the plaintiff town to one Day, a pauper, who is alleged to have his legal settlement in defendant town. The general issue was pleaded. The proper notices and replies were admitted to have been given, there being no question made except as to the settlement of the pauper. The following facts were agreed.
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On Report from Nisi Prim. Assumpsit for supplies furnished by the plaintiff town to one Day, a pauper, who is alleged to have his legal settlement in defendant town. The general issue was pleaded. The proper notices and replies were admitted to have been given, there being no question made except as to the settlement of the pauper. The following facts were agreed. The pauper, having no legal settlement in the State, came into Brewer in about the year 1838, and lived and made his home at one Dwelley’s in that part of the town which is still Brewer, for about eighteen months, when he left and…
1Opinion of the CourtMay, J.
On the 13th day of April, 1852, the easterly part of the town of Brewer was incorporated into a new town by the name of Holden; and, upon the facts stated in the case, it is very clear, that the pauper, whose settlement is in controversy, had, at and before the time of this division, acquired a legal settlement in Brewer, by more than five years continued residence in that part of the town which still remains Brewer. The Act incorporating Holden contains no provisions with reference to the settlement or support of the paupers then upon the town of Brewer, or for the adjustment of any…
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