Town of Barkhamsted v. Parsons
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THE plaintiffs were thus described: “Amos Beecher, and •the rest of the inhabitants of the town of Barkhamsted.” They brought their action on a certain statute law of this state, entitled “An act for the admission of inhabitants in towns, and for preventing charge on account of such as are not admitted therein.,” declaring, “that by the said statute, it is among other things, enacted, that any person who shall bring into this state any poor and indigent person, and leave him…
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THE plaintiffs were thus described: “Amos Beecher, and •the rest of the inhabitants of the town of Barkhamsted.” They brought their action on a certain statute law of this state, entitled “An act for the admission of inhabitants in towns, and for preventing charge on account of such as are not admitted therein.,” declaring, “that by the said statute, it is among other things, enacted, that any person who shall bring into this state any poor and indigent person, and leave him or her in any town -within the same, of which town he or she is not an inhabitant, such person, so bringing in and…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, _Ch. J.
The first objection raised to the judgment t>f the superior court is, that the acts complained of by the plaintiffs are not averred, as by law they should have been, to *7have been committed contra formara statuti. 1 Chitt. Plead. 357, 8, 9. Com. Dig. tit. Action upon statute, H. I. The staK ute is referred to by its title, and the expressions comprising the offence are recited. The declaration then alleges, “ that by reason of the premises, and that by force of the statute,” the defendant has become liable to the prescribed penalty. The averment against the form, &c. is required…
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