R v The Inhabitants of West-Shefford
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1790 |
| Date | 01 January 1790 |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
English Reports Citation: 96 E.R. 782
COURT OF KING'S BENCH
Rex
and
ers. The Inhabitants of West-Shefford
eex vers. the inhabitants of west-shefford. A settlement cannot be gained, by residing less than forty days upon an estate for years, which a man becomes intitled to by act of law. In an order of sessions it was stated ; that John Bird, late husband to the pauper, went to reside under a certificate in the parish of West-Shefford; that during his residence there under the certificate, John Bird his father died, to whom and his assigns an estate, of the value of fourteen pounds a year, had been granted for ninety-nine years, determinable upon the death of John Bird the father, and John Bird, late husband to the pauper; and that after the death of John Bird the father, John Bird, the pauper's husband, entered upon the estate, and resided upon it to the time of his death, which happened twenty-eight days after hia entering thereupon. The question was, whether John Bird, late husband to the pauper, gained a settlement in the parish of West-Shefford 1 It was hold en that he did not. [3] And by Lee Ch.J.-It has been considered as a settled point, ever since the case of Eex v. The Inhabitants of Grandborough, Trin. 4...
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