Inhabitants of East Sudbury v. Inhabitants of Waltham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This action was assumpsit for the support of one Ephraim Flagg, a pauper, alleged by the plaintiffs to have his legal settlement in Waltham. The parties submitted the cause to the determination of the Court upon the following case. “ The said pauper was born in Waltham, and had his legal settlement there.
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This action was assumpsit for the support of one Ephraim Flagg, a pauper, alleged by the plaintiffs to have his legal settlement in Waltham. The parties submitted the cause to the determination of the Court upon the following case. “ The said pauper was born in Waltham, and had his legal settlement there. In March, 1803, he purchased some real estate in East Sudbury, of the yearly income of $26, and soon after removed to that town, and paid taxes for said real estate until February, 1805, when be sold the same. He continued to reside in East Sudbury, and paid taxes there for his poll for the…
1Opinion of the CourtParker, C. J.
The only question in this case is, whether the pauper gained a settlement in East Sudbury by ten years’ residence in that town, notwithstanding his having become chargeable, and having been supported, during that term, by Waltham, the place of his former settlement.
We think that the provision of the statute, relied on by the defendants, ought not to receive such a construction. In 1811, when the pauper became chargeable, Waltham was liable for his support, upon due notice. That notice was given, and Waltham, instead of removing the pauper as they might have done, supplied his necessities in…
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