Town of Hebron v. Town of Marlborough
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an action of assumpsit against the town of Marlborough, for support furnished for Charlotte Goff', a pauper. The only question was, whether her settlement Mas in the town of Marlborough. In the superior court, the facts were agreed to by the parties, and reserved for the consideration of the nine Judges. Ruth Beach, mother of the pauper, was settled in Taun-ton in Massachusetts.
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THIS was an action of assumpsit against the town of Marlborough, for support furnished for Charlotte Goff', a pauper. The only question was, whether her settlement Mas in the town of Marlborough. In the superior court, the facts were agreed to by the parties, and reserved for the consideration of the nine Judges. Ruth Beach, mother of the pauper, was settled in Taun-ton in Massachusetts. In June, 1796, she was married to William Goff) whose settlement was then in Marlborough. Charlotte Goff w as born in Marlborough,in September, 179G, In 1797, William Goff removed into the state of New-i’ork,…
1Opinion of the Court
Swrrr, Oh. J.
From the facts in evidence, it appears, that the pauper, though horn in wedlock, was not the child of the husband, who had no access to the wife, but was the child of some other person. The pauper, then, was a bastard ; and the settlement must be. governed by the rules adopted in the case of bastards. By the common law, bastards acquire a settlement in the place where born, unless the mother has been removed into the place, with a view, fraudulently, to subject such place to their support. In this state, the. rule has been adopted, (hat where the mother has a settlement. *20the…
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