Payne v. Town of Dunham
Illinois Supreme Court
This is a suit brought by the town of Dunham against Waldo Payne, before a magistrate, to recover a penalty for bringing a pauper into the said town of Dunham, by virtue of the law approved February 10, 1853, relating to paupers in Bureau and McHenry counties. The defendant, by his attorney, appeared and made objection to plaintiff’s demand for bringing Sandford Huff, a pauper, into the town of Dunham, and moved the court to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction.
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This is a suit brought by the town of Dunham against Waldo Payne, before a magistrate, to recover a penalty for bringing a pauper into the said town of Dunham, by virtue of the law approved February 10, 1853, relating to paupers in Bureau and McHenry counties. The defendant, by his attorney, appeared and made objection to plaintiff’s demand for bringing Sandford Huff, a pauper, into the town of Dunham, and moved the court to dismiss the suit for want of jurisdiction. Motion overruled. Defendant withdrew his appearance. Magistrate rendered a judgment in favor of plaintiff for $100, the amount…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
Not much litigation has arisen in this State in relation to the settlement of paupers, and no case has, until now, come before this court requiring a construction of our statute on the subject. Plain and simple as the statute seems to be, the history of the judicial proceedings in older States on the subject of paupers, admonishes us that we cannot be too cautious in the beginning. The time will come when this will be a most fruitful source of litigation, and it is much better that we proceed slowly and with care, and only decide the questions as they actually arise, and that after pondering…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Inhabitants of Townsend v. Inhabitants of BillericaMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813
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