Robbins v. Inhabitants of Townsend
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was assumpsit, brought by the plaintiff, as master of the house of correction for the county of Suffolk, to recover the sum of- $59*27, for the support of William Searles and his wife therein, from August 6, 1834 to April 7, 1835. The trial was before Wilde J. It was admitted by the defendants, that William Searles had his settlement in Townsend, unless he had acquired one in Boston.
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This was assumpsit, brought by the plaintiff, as master of the house of correction for the county of Suffolk, to recover the sum of- $59*27, for the support of William Searles and his wife therein, from August 6, 1834 to April 7, 1835. The trial was before Wilde J. It was admitted by the defendants, that William Searles had his settlement in Townsend, unless he had acquired one in Boston. The defence set up was, that he had acquired a settlement in Boston by residing there for ten successive years or more, and by having been assessed and having paid taxes for five years at least of such ten…
1Opinion of the Court
Dewey J.
delivered the opinion of the Court. This action is upon St. 1834, c. 151, § 10 ; and to entitle the plaintiff to recover the sum demanded, it is incumbent on him to show, that he held the official character under which he claims to act, and that .the persons for whose support he demands compensation, had their legal settlement in Townsend.
It was admitted, that the persons supported had their legal settlement in Townsend, unless they had through William Searles, in the manner hereafter stated, acquired a settlement in Boston. The defendants claim to establish the set tlement of Searles…
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