Inhabitants of Camden v. Inhabitants of Belgrade
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On exceptions and motion to set aside the verdict. Assumpsit for pauper supplies furnished one William O. Kaherl alias Orrin S. Carle and family. The writ was dated August 2, 1878. The verdict was for the plaintiffs and the defendants moved to set the verdict aside as being against law and evidence and also alleged exceptions to certain rulings of the presiding justice.
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On exceptions and motion to set aside the verdict. Assumpsit for pauper supplies furnished one William O. Kaherl alias Orrin S. Carle and family. The writ was dated August 2, 1878. The verdict was for the plaintiffs and the defendants moved to set the verdict aside as being against law and evidence and also alleged exceptions to certain rulings of the presiding justice. The material facts are stated in the opinion. contended that the presumption of marriage will not arise from the cohabitation of a man with a woman if, during her life and without any proof of a divorce, he marries another…
1Opinion of the CourtBarrows, J.
The verdict is for the plaintiffs for the amount claimed in the writ for supplies furnished William O. Kaherl, alias Orrin S. Carle and his alleged wife, Mary O. alias Orraville M. and their children. The defendants present the case upon a *128motion to set aside the verdict as against law and evidence and upon exceptions to the refusal of the presiding judge to admit certain evidence by them offered, the character and bearing of which will be hereafter considered.
They claim the motion should be sustained for want of proof that the plaintiffs sent the defendants the requisite statute notice that…
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