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51 Me. 602

Ames v. Smith

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

Decided July 1, 1864

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · decided 1864-07-01

Exceptions from the ruling, at JSfisi Prius, of Kent, J. . This was an action of trespass for an assault on the female plaintiff. . v It was admitted that plaintiff enlisted as a volunteer into the service of the United States on April 80, 1861, and remained in it until his discharge on December 12th, 1862. ' It was admitted that defendant was an overseer of the poor of the town of Cornville; that he was authorized, in writing, by the other overseers of the poor of that…

Decided 1864-07-01

¶1The opinion of the Court was drawn up by

Appleton, C. J.

¶2Dean Ames enlisted in the volunteer army of the United States, on April 30, 1861, and after the Act of that year, c. 63, had gone into effect. While in the service, his family standing in need of assistance, his wife applied to the municipal officers of Medford for relief, which they duly furnished and gave notice thereof to the overseers of the poor of the town of Cornville, where said Ames had his settlement. Upon receiving notice, the defendant^ one of the overseers of the poor of. Cornville, came to Medford and forcibly removed therefrom the female plaintiff, claiming the right to do so under the It. S., 1857, c. 22.

¶3The right of removing the plaintiff or his family from a residence which they had chosen, and in which they were established, would imply a corresponding duty on their part to submit to such removal. This would constitute a *604disability on their part of determining their place of residence, and of remaining therein. But, by the Act of 1861, c. 63, § 6, no disabilities were to be created by reason of aid furnished and received by volunteers enlisted under that Act. Veazie v. China, 50 Maine, 518; Milford v. Orono, 50 Maine, 529. Exceptions sustained.

¶4Nonsuit set aside and the case to stand for trial.

Cutting, Walton and Daneorth, JJ., concurred.Barrows, J., concurred in the result.
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