Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1820

Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset

Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided October 15, 1820
16 Mass. 454

Counsel

W. Baylies and Morton, for the plaintiffs,, Wheaton, for the defendants,

Inhabitants of Berkley v. Inhabitants of Somerset

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Stephen Marvel, the pauper’s father, acquired a settlement in Swansey, by residing there a year after he came of age, without being warned to leave the town. His son followed his settlement; and by the provision of the act incorporating Somerset, that town * being made liable for the support [ * 456 j of all who derived their settlement from a residence in that part of Swansey, the pauper is chargeable to the defendants.

Defendants defaulted.

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