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MERRIMACK v. DERRY

No. 5427.

107 N.H. 212 (1966)

COUNTY OF MERRIMACK v. DERRY.

Supreme Court of New Hampshire.

Decided May 31, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Wells Anderson, county attorney (by brief and orally), for the county of Merrimack.

George H. Grinnell (by brief and orally), for the town of Derry.

LAMPRON, J.

There is no obligation at common law upon the State or any of the instrumentalities of government to furnish relief to the poor. Manchester v. Hillsborough, 100 N.H. 79, 81; St. Johnsbury v. Granby, 124 Vt. 367, 369; 41 Am. Jur., Poor and Poor Laws, s. 35, p. 707. The whole matter is purely statutory and where the statute imposes no liability...

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