Merrimack County v. Grafton County
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
Assumpsit, to recover money paid by the plaintiffs for the support of the minor children of John B. Carter. Facts found by the court. January 1, 1870, Carter had a settlement in Canterbury, in' Merrimack county, which was abolished by the act of September 11, 1888, and neither he nor his children have gained one anywhere since.
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Assumpsit, to recover money paid by the plaintiffs for the support of the minor children of John B. Carter. Facts found by the court. January 1, 1870, Carter had a settlement in Canterbury, in' Merrimack county, which was abolished by the act of September 11, 1888, and neither he nor his children have gained one anywhere since. He lived in Canterbury till some time in 1881, when he removed to Rumney, in Grafton county, where he and his children resided, having no home elsewhere, until September 20,1883, when they returned to Canterbury, and there remained until November, 1883; and then, after…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, J.
“ The county in which any county pauper shall have been relieved within one year, or in which he shall have last resided not less than one year, shall be liable to the county in which he may afterward be relieved, if he has not resided in the latter county above three months at the time of the first relief, for all sums of money paid for his relief, support, or funeral: Provided, a copy of the affidavit before mentioned [in s. 14] shall be forwarded as soon as practicable to the county commissioners of the county to be charged.” G. L., c. 83, s. 15; G. S., o. 75, s. 18. Any settlement or…
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