Inhabitants of Town of Bethel v. INHABITANTS, ETC.

This is an action by the Town of Bethel against the Town of Hanover to recover for pauper supplies furnished to Roger W. Brown and his family for the period August 25, 1949 to September 16, 1950. The referee to whom the cause was submitted found for the plaintiff town in the amount of $594.57. The case is before us on exceptions to the acceptance of the referee’s report. The exceptions are overruled.

The issues are, (1) whether the legal settlement was in Hanover, (2) whether the recipients of assistance were “destitute” within the meaning of the statute, (3) whether the assistance rendered…