Inhabitants of Milford v. Inhabitants of Worcester
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
This was an action of assumpsit for the support and relief ol Stephen Temple, Rhoda Temple, alleged by the plaintiffs to be the wife of the said Stephen, and their six children, being paupers, whom the plaintiffs aver to have their legal settlement in Worcester.
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This was an action of assumpsit for the support and relief ol Stephen Temple, Rhoda Temple, alleged by the plaintiffs to be the wife of the said Stephen, and their six children, being paupers, whom the plaintiffs aver to have their legal settlement in Worcester. The action was tried upon the general issue, at the sittings after the last September term, in this county, before Sewall, J. The report of the judge states, that “ the parties agreed to the items of the account, and to the sums charged for the same; sub ject only to the question of the settlement of the paupers; that due notice had…
1Opinion of the Court
Bangs and Lincoln, of counsel for the defendants, were stopped by the Court, whose opinion was afterwards delivered by
Parsons, C. J.
This action is assumpsit, for the maintenance of Stephen Temple, Bhoda Temple, said to be his wife, and their six children, who, as the plaintiffs allege, are paupers, having their settlement in Worcester. The cause has been tried upon the general issue, and a verdict found for the plaintiffs, as to the maintenance of Stephen Temple; but against them, as to the maintenance of Rhoda and the six children. The plaintiffs move for a new trial *44upon the judge’s report,…
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