Inhabitants of Fayette v. Inhabitants of Hebron
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Assumpsit to recover compensation for the support of Eliza Bumpus, the wife of Seth Bumpus, and her children, whose settlement was alleged to be in-Hebron. Their settlement was derived from Seth Bumpus, and the only question made was where his settlement was.
Read the full summary
Assumpsit to recover compensation for the support of Eliza Bumpus, the wife of Seth Bumpus, and her children, whose settlement was alleged to be in-Hebron. Their settlement was derived from Seth Bumpus, and the only question made was where his settlement was. It did not appear that Seth Bumpus had gained any settlement in this State in his own right; and the plaintiffs claimed to recover by establishing the settlement of his father, John Bumpus, in Hebron ; and to do so, by showing that he was a resident in the plantation of Shepherdsfield at the time when it was incorporated as a town by the…
1Opinion of the Court
*269The opinion of the Court was drawn up by
Whitman C. J.
— This isa case arising under the settlement and pauper laws of this Slate. The question reserved, and elaborately argued, is whether a person living on a plantation, on its being incorporated into a town, in 1792, thereby acquired a settlement in such town. The instruction of the Judge, who presided at the trial, was in affirmance of this proposition ; and the jury thereupon returned their verdict for the plaintiffs.
The counsel for the defendants argued, that the liability of towns to support their poor, is wholly dependent upon…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Inhabitants of Dalton v. Inhabitants of HinsdaleMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Inhabitants of Groton v. Inhabitants of ShirleyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Inhabitants of Buckfield v. Inhabitants of GorhamMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1810
- Inhabitants of Bath v. Inhabitants of BowdoinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- Inhabitants of Westport v. Inhabitants of DartmouthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1813