Town of Dennis v. Cook

The plaintiff, with the approval of the department of public welfare, brought an action of contract to recover under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 118A, § 4A, as appearing in St. 1948, c. 581, § 3, for old age assistance in the amount of $6,489.30 furnished the defendants’ intestate from September 30, 1942, through December 31, 1951. The action was tried in the Superior Court upon a case stated. The defendants under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 96, appealed from an order for judgment for the plaintiff. The order was erroneous.

The intestate throughout this period of aid had owned real estate, the assessed…