City of Rockland v. Inhabitants of Hurricane Isle
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Action by the plaintiff city to recover of the defendant town the sum of $58.80 for pauper supplies furnished Daniel O’Neil, a naturalized citizen, a short time prior to bringing the action. When the action came on for trial an agreed statement of facts was filed and the case reported to the Law Court for determination. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
The sole question involved in this case is the sufficiency of the record of naturalization of one Daniel O’Neil, the alleged pauper. Having resided in the defendant town more than five years immediately preceding the date alleged in the writ, his pauper settlement is conceded to be in that town if during said time he was a citizen of the United States.
To prove such citizenship the plaintiff introduced the records of the Supreme Judicial Court for Knox County, Maine, embracing the declaration of intention filed March 28, 1896, also the petition for admission, the oath taken in open court and…
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