Inhabitants of Franklin v. Inhabitants of Dedham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an action to recover compensation for the support of Eunice Allen, whose legal settlement was alleged to be in the town of Dedham. At the trial, before Putnam J., it was admitted that the pauper derived her legal settlement from her grandfather, Daniel Haven ; and it appeared, that he was taxed in Dedham for his poll in 1762, and that he afterwards lived in that town for many years, and until his death.
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This was an action to recover compensation for the support of Eunice Allen, whose legal settlement was alleged to be in the town of Dedham. At the trial, before Putnam J., it was admitted that the pauper derived her legal settlement from her grandfather, Daniel Haven ; and it appeared, that he was taxed in Dedham for his poll in 1762, and that he afterwards lived in that town for many years, and until his death. There was no other evidence as to the time when he came to reside in Dedham. The defence set up was, that Daniel Haven was duly and legally warned to depart from Dedham within one…
1Opinion of the Court
Shaw C. J.
drew up the opinion of the Court. To enable the plaintiffs to recover, they must prove that the pauper had a derivative settlement in Dedham. This they propose to do, by proving the settlement there of her grandfather, Daniel Haven. It is conceded, that if he ever gained a settlement there, ,t was transmitted to the pauper, his granddaughter, she never having acquired any settlement in her own right or otherwise.
*546It appears from the report, that Daniel Haven res ded more than one year in Dedham prior to April 10th, 1767, namely, from the spring of 1762 for many years, and until his…
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