Inhabitants of Reading v. Inhabitants of Tewksbury

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Inhabitants of Reading v. Inhabitants of Tewksbury, 19 Mass. 535 (Mass. 1824)

Inhabitants of Reading v. Inhabitants of Tewksbury

Opinion of the Court

The Court were of opinion, that the jury ought to have found the reason, why Pearson was not taxed ; whether it was on account of age, infirmity, or poverty, or through mistake, or from some other cause. The assessors might have *569properly omitted to tax him;1 which must depend on the circumstances existing at the time.

New trial granted.

Burton v. Wakefield, 4 N. Hamp. R. 47 ; Weare v. New Boston, 3 N. Hamp. B 203.

So a person does not acquire a legal settlement by residing in a town ten years together and paying takes there for any five of these ten years, if with in that time he is committed to gaol, and while there applies for and receives relief as a pauper from the gaoler. East Sudbury v. Sudbury, 12 Pick. 1. See also Westbrook v. Bowdoinham,7 Greenl. 363 ; Attleborough v. Middleborough, 10 Pick. 378

Reference

Full Case Name
The Inhabitants of Reading versus The Inhabitants of Tewksbury
Status
Published