Town of Washington v. Town of Warren

The plaintiff town is seeking to recover the amount expended by it for the support of a pauper, Orlo Cooke, alleging that he belongs to the defendant town, and that the latter is obligated to support him under General Statutes, § 1693, which provides that “each town shall maintain and support all the poor inhabitants belonging to it, whether residing in it or in any other town in the state.” One “belongs” in a town in which he has acquired a legal settlement. Reading v. Westport, 19 Conn. 561, 564. The sole question here involved is whether Orlo’s legal settlement is in the town of Washington…