Inhabitants of Leicester v. Inhabitants of Rehoboth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an action of the case in assumpsit, brought for the recovery of money expended by the plaintiffs between August 18, 1804, and February 9, 1806, in the support of a pauper, and by them alleged to be chargeable to the town of Rehoboth.
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This was an action of the case in assumpsit, brought for the recovery of money expended by the plaintiffs between August 18, 1804, and February 9, 1806, in the support of a pauper, and by them alleged to be chargeable to the town of Rehoboth. The action was pending in the county of Worcester, and upon trial before Sewall, J., at the sittings after the last September term, a verdict was taken for the defendants, subject to the opinion of the Court on the following statement of facts: — “ The overseers of the poor of Leicester, on the 11th day of Oc tober, 1802, gave notice in writing, as the…
1Opinion of the Court
The action stood continued nisi, and at this term, no argument having been had, the opinion of the Court was delivered as follows by
Parsons, C. J.
From the facts in this case, as stated by the parties, it may be presumed that the plaintiffs consider * the defendants concluded from denying the allegation [ * 181 ] of the plaintiffs that the settlement of the pauper is in *164Rehoboth; because, on the 11th of October, 1809, the pauper then residing in Leicester, and having been chargeable to that town for his maintenance, the overseers of the poor gave notice thereof to the overseers of Rehoboth,…
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