Case ID: mass_36/html/0489-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The Inhabitants of Middleborough versus The Inhabitants of Plympton.
    In this case it was held, that a warrant issued under Prov. Statutes, 4 W. 8f M. c. 13, and 12 fy 13 Will. 3, c. 10, to prevent a pauper from gaining a settlement in the town of Middleborough by a residence therein for twelve months, which merely stated, that he had “ lately come to reside ” in the town, was not a sufficient specification of the length of time that he had resided there, within the meaning of the statutes Hamilton v. Ipswich, 10 Mass. R. 506.
    
      Baylies and Wood, for the plaintiffs.
    
      Warren and W. Thomas, for the defendants.