The King against The Inhabitants of Tonbridge
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Court | Court of the King's Bench |
| Judgment Date | 22 November 1826 |
| Date | 22 November 1826 |
English Reports Citation: 108 E.R. 385
IN THE COURT OF KING'S BENCH.
the king against the inhabitants of tonbridge. Wednesday, November 22d, 1826. A pauper held a house at the annual rent of 81., from Lady-Day to Michaelmas, 1821, and a different house from Michaelmas 1821 to Lady-Day 1822, at the annual rent of 91., and during the whole of that period he was the tenant of a garden at an annual rent of two guineas; but he had agreed with another person that they should share the expence and the profits arising from the cultivation of the garden, and that person paid him half of the rent, but he paid the whole to the landlord: it was held that he did not gain a settlement, because he did not during the whole year, as required by the 59 G. 3, c. 50, hold a house and occupy land which together were of the annual value of 101. Upon an appeal against an order of two justices, whereby John Hazell and Mary bis wife were removed from the parish of Tonbridge, in the county of [89] Kent, to the parish of Lamberhurst, in the same county, the sessions quashed the order, subject to the opinion of this Court upon the following ease: Upon the hearing of the appeal, it was proved, on the part of the parish of Tonbridge, that the pauper, John Hazell, and Mary his wife, had been removed in 1812 from the parish of Frant to the parish of Lamberhurst, under an order of removal, against which no appeal had been prosecuted. On the part of the appellant parish it was proved, that the pauper, J. Hazell, about Michaelmas 1816, took a cottage, situate in the parish of Tonbridge, of one Doueh, for a year, at the yearly rent and of the value of 81. 10s.; at Michaelmas 1817 he made a fresh agreement for the cottage for one year, at the annual rent of 81...
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