Inhabitants of Princeton v. Inhabitants of West Boylston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Assumpsit for the support of Abigail Glazier, and her six children. On the trial before Putnam, J., the plaintiffs stated the settlement of the paupers to be derived from their great-grand father, Benjamin Glazier, who died within the present limits of West Boylston, on the 20 th of May, 1756 ; and who gained a settlement, as the plaintiffs contended, by his living within that part of Lancaster which is now West Boylston, within the true meaning of the third section of the…
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Assumpsit for the support of Abigail Glazier, and her six children. On the trial before Putnam, J., the plaintiffs stated the settlement of the paupers to be derived from their great-grand father, Benjamin Glazier, who died within the present limits of West Boylston, on the 20 th of May, 1756 ; and who gained a settlement, as the plaintiffs contended, by his living within that part of Lancaster which is now West Boylston, within the true meaning of the third section of the act incorporating the last-named town, by which it was enacted, “ that any person who may have gained an inhabitancy, at…
1Opinion of the Court
The action being continued for advisement, the opinion of the Court was delivered, at the following April term, by
Parker, C. J.
The plaintiffs found their claim against the defendants upon the supposed settlement of the paupers, derived from that of their great-grandfather, Benjamin Glazier, in that part of Lancaster which now makes a part of West Boylston. It appears that, during his minority, he either lived in his father’s family, or in the family of a master, as his apprentice; both of whom resided near the centre of the town of Lancaster, and not within the limits of what has since become…
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