Welton v. Town of Wolcott
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Writ op Error to reverse a judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in New Haven County in favor of the defendants in an action of assumpsit for supplies furnished to a pauper; the case having been tried below on the general issue, closed to the court, before JPecJc, J., who made a finding of the facts. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtPardee, J.
William Brown, a pauper having his settlement in the town of Morris, was temporarily in the town of Wolcott, and in want. Of these facts the plaintiff gave notice to one of the selectmen of Wolcott, who said .to him that if he would furnish necessaries to the pauper the town would pay him therefor; whereupon he furnished them. Payment not being made, he brought his action to the Court of Common Pleas, which decided that the town was not liable.
The statute (Revision of 1875, p. 199, sec. 5,) provides that “when a person not an inhabitant of the town in which he resides shall become poor and…
2Cited by1 opinion
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