Fish v. Perkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to recover of the defendant the value of supplies furnished to him as a pauper; brought to the Court of Common Pleas of New London County, and tried to the jury before Mather, J. Yerdict for the plaintiff, and appeal by the defendant for error in the charge to the jury. The case is sufficiently stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
The plaintiff is the keeper of the town poor of the town of Groton, under a written contract, receiving an annual compensation for three years of $2,300, and for an additional term of three years the annual sum of $2,800, and the services of the paupers during both periods. The defendant, John S. Perkins, prior to the making of the contract, had received assistance from the town, and his name was on a list of the poor of the town, which list was submitted to the plaintiff at the time the contract was made. After the execution of the contract one of the selectmen informed the plaintiff that…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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