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CARSON v. TOWN OF OAKLAND

442 A.2d 170 (1982)

Veda CARSON v. TOWN OF OAKLAND.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided February 25, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett B. Carson (orally), Pine Tree Legal Assistance, Inc., Kim M. Vandermeulen, Downeast Law Offices, P.A., Augusta, for plaintiff.

Daviau, Jabar & Batten, Joseph M. Jabar (orally), Waterville, for defendant.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, ROBERTS, CARTER and VIOLETTE, JJ.

VIOLETTE, Justice.

On April 30, 1980, plaintiff Veda Carson, a sixty year old resident of the Town of Oakland for more than nineteen years, applied to the Oakland Town Manager for a grant of general assistance funds in the amount of ten dollars to purchase food. Her monthly income at that time consisted of $218.20 in Social Security insurance benefits and was supplemented by an allotment of $63.00 worth of food stamps. The Town Manager asked her to consent to a "home...

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