Inhabitants of West Bridgewater v. Inhabitants of Wareham
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for expenses incurred in the support of George M. Fryes, a pauper, whose settlement was alleged to be in the defendant town. The case was submitted to the Superior Court, and, after judgment for the plaintiff, to this court, on appeal, upon agreed facts, the material parts of which appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
The question whether the pauper George M. Fryes was settled in the defendant town, depends on whether his grandfather, James Fryes, senior, was settled there. The plaintiff says that certain ancient votes of the defendant amount to admissions which warranted a finding in its favor. The defendant denies that it either did or could make admissions that would have that effect.
Taking the latter contention first, the defendant says that, as the statute provides that settlements shall be gained in certain *306ways and not otherwise, and also in view of the limited power of towns, proof of admissions of…
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