Town of Lebanon v. Town of Hebron
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of assumpsit, for money expended by the plaintiffs, from the 21st of February, 1818, to the 1st of April, 1820, for the support of Elizabeth Underwood and Mary-Ann and Thomas, her minor children, alleged to have been, at the time of furnishing such support, paupers, legally settled in the town of Hebron. A case, stated and agreed to, by the parties, was reserved for the advice of this Court.
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This was an action of assumpsit, for money expended by the plaintiffs, from the 21st of February, 1818, to the 1st of April, 1820, for the support of Elizabeth Underwood and Mary-Ann and Thomas, her minor children, alleged to have been, at the time of furnishing such support, paupers, legally settled in the town of Hebron. A case, stated and agreed to, by the parties, was reserved for the advice of this Court. Elizabeth Archer was born in Hebron, where her father had a settlement, in 1775, and removed, with her father, to Colchester, in 1795. She resided in Colchester, in the family of her…
1Opinion of the CourtBrainard, J.
It appears from the case, as stated, that Elizabeth Archer was born in Hebron, where her father had a settlement, and where her own settlement must remain, until she acquired another, either in right of her father, in her own right, or by marriage. It further appears, that at the age of about twenty, she removed, with her father as part of his family, to the town of Colchester, where from the year 1795, she continued to reside with her father, as part of his family, until the 1st day of Decemcer, 1806 ; and that she still continued to reside in Colchester, in her own right, from that time…
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