Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court January 15, 1863 (City of Lynn v. City of Newburyport)

Metcalf, J.

The only question in this case is, whether the notices sent to the defendants’ overseers of the poor were sufficient in law.

One objection taken to the notices is, that they do not mention the names of the three children of the several parents. But as it is not shown, nor even suggested, that either of the parents had more than three children, the cases of Walpole v. Hopkinton, 4 Pick.