Between the Parishes of St. George Hanover Square and St. James Westminster
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Date | 01 January 1795 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 93 E.R. 995
COURTS OF CHANCERY, KING'S BENCH, COMMON PLEAS AND EXCHEQUER
between the parishes of st. george hanover square and st. james westminster. Poor. Burr. Sett. Ca. 12, more full, and Sess. Ca. ed. 1750, vol. 2, No. 138, S. C. Upon an order of sessions the case was stated specially, that Alice Wheeler a parish girl was bound by indenture an apprentice to George Wheeler in St. George's parish, where she served forty days; and her master afterwards let her out for Eire to a person in Marybone, where she resided above forty days, but the master received her wages and found her cloaths. The sessions held, that the last service gained her no settlement, and consequently she was settled at St. George's. But the Court quashed the order, being of opinion, that there was no difference between the master's hiring her out, and her own act; and that it was like the case of a binding to A. and serving B. where it has been always held to be a settlement in B.'s parish. So the order of sessions was quashed (1). (1) Rex v. Inhabitants of East v. Bridgeford, Burr. S. C. 133. Bex...
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