Case Name: Town of Mansfield v. Town of Granby
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-03
Citations: 1 Root 179
Docket Number: 
Parties: Town of Mansfield v. Town of Granby.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 179–180

Head Matter:
Town of Mansfield v. Town of Granby.
A person who would have been settled in a new town, had he been at home, when it was formed, is settled there notwithstanding he was then absent, unless he has gained a settlement elsewhere.
ActioN of assumpsit for supporting Mary Basset a pauper. Plea — nonassumpsit. Issue to the court.'
The case was — Said Mary was settled in that part of Syms-hnry which is now Granby; on tbe 15th of October 1786, she came to Mansfield but gained no settlement there; in October •A. D. 1786, Granby wias incorporated into a town, and by the act of incorporation all the people living within its described limits, were to belong to the town of Granby; said Mary had moved away just before the act of incorporation passed, but had gained no settlement elsewhere; and had now become chargeable.
Question was — Whether she was to be considered as an inhabitant of Granby, or should be maintained by the ancient town of Symsbury including Granby.

Opinion:
By the Court.
The defendants did assume and promise, upon the principle that had the pauper remained in Granby she would have been an inhabitant there. Her being gone out of the place at the time of the incorporation and not having gained a settlement elsewhere, could mate .no difference in the reason and nature of the case.