Town of Smiley v. Village of St. Hilaire

Wilson, O. J.

The town of Smiley brought this action against the village of St. Hilaire, the town of Sanders, the town of River Falls, and the town of Rocksbury to have determined the settlement of Henry Seeland, a pauper. These municipalities are all in Pennington county, wherein the town system prevails.

For many years immediately prior to February, 1927, Seeland was a resident and voter in the town of Rocksbury, and during the last nine years of that period he lived with his brother-in-law, Bennie Johnson, then a resident of that town. In February, 1927, Johnson removed from said town of…