Inhabitants of Palmer v. Inhabitants of Hampden
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract, under Pub. Sts. c. 84, § 14, for $60 paid by the town of Palmer for the relief of one Mary A. Walker, alleged to have a lawful settlement in the town of Hampden, when she stood in need of immediate relief. Writ dated May 1,1901. In the Superior Court the case was tried without a jury by Maynard, J., who found for the plaintiff, and assessed damages in the sum of $62, The defendant alleged exceptions.
1Opinion of the CourtLathrop, J.
1. The first point presented is whether at the time of the relief furnished to the pauper she had her settlement in the town of Hampden. It is admitted that in April, 1891, she had a settlement in that town. This settlement, by force of the statute, Pub. Sts. c. 83, § 5, continued until she acquired a new settlement elsewhere in this State. The question then is whether on the evidence the judge was warranted in finding that no other settlement had been acquired by her.
The pauper left Hampden in April, 1894, and went to Palmer, intending to make that place her home in the future, with Mrs.…
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