Town of Eden v. Town of Danville

The declaration charges that the defendant town brought two paupers into plaintiff town with intent to charge such town with their support, when such town was not liable for their support. It does not show whether such paupers were brought from another town in the State or from without the State. The declaration was demurred to, and 'the demurrer was sustained and the declaration was adjudged insufficient.

In discharging its duty toward the poor the defendant town could only act through its overseer of the poor, or possibly its selectmen, but they were not its agents for any such purpose as…