Case Name: Town of Canaan v. Town of Salisbury
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1790-02
Citations: 1 Root 155
Docket Number: 
Parties: Town of Canaan v. Town of Salisbury.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 155–156

Head Matter:
Town of Canaan v. Town of Salisbury.
A bastard child is settled with the mother.
ActioN for supnorting Tom, a bastard child. Issue to the j nr v.
The case was — -The mother of Tom was settled in Salisbury; she went from that place pregnant with Tom to Norfolk, was warned out; and as sbe was traveling' back through Canaan to Salisbury, Tom was bom in Canaan, and is a bastard. .
Question was — "Whether Tom was settled in Canaan, where bom, or in Salisbury with his mother. Verdict for plaintiffs.

Opinion:
And
by the Court.
Although by the laws of England, a bastard is settled where born, unless the mother is illegally thrust out; yet by the laws of this state, a bastard is settled with the mother, and this is agreeable to the law of nature and reason.