Coventry v. Boscawen
Superior Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, for the support of one Betsey Bawley. There was evidence that the pauper was the wife of John Bawley, jt\, who was born in Methuen, in Massachusetts, August 31. 1752. His father, John Bawley, came to reside in Boseawen ; and on the 27th of April, 1773, the selectmen of that town issued a warrant to one of the constables, reciting that said John, with his family, had “lately come to sojourn and dwell in the town,” and requiring the constable to warn him and his…
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Assumpsit, for the support of one Betsey Bawley. There was evidence that the pauper was the wife of John Bawley, jt\, who was born in Methuen, in Massachusetts, August 31. 1752. His father, John Bawley, came to reside in Boseawen ; and on the 27th of April, 1773, the selectmen of that town issued a warrant to one of the constables, reciting that said John, with his family, had “lately come to sojourn and dwell in the town,” and requiring the constable to warn him and his wife Elizabeth, together with three children, naming them, to depart, &c. The officer returned that he had warned them, &c.…
1Opinion of the CourtGreen, J.
The pauper is the wife of John Bawley, and of course has his settlement. The expenditures were made by Coventry, and notice given, as the statute requires.
*229The only question is respecting the settlement of John Bawley, her husband. The plaintiffs say he gained a settlement in Boscawen, derived from his father. John Bawley, the father, was a resident in Boscawen in 1773, and on the 27th of April, of that year, was warned out, with his wife, and all the children but his son John, who was absent. If this proceeding was legal, the father gained no settlement in Boscawen. It is objected that John,…
2Cited by1 opinion
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