Polk County v. Clarke County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clarke District Court. — Hon. Thos. L. Maxwell, Judge. Action at law to recover for moneys expended by tbe plaintiff in the care and support of an insane person alleged to have had a legal residence in the defendant county. The court having sustained a demurrer to the petition, the plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
Paopeks: í&fnt ofins’ane of^usMna r1 effect. — Stated as briefly as practicable, the case made by the petition is as follows: On October 18, 1878, one Frances E. Thompson, wife of J. B. Thompson, both of whom then had their residence and legal settlement comi'ty'> was adjudged insane, and as suck was duly committed to the State Hos-pital fQr the Insane at Mt. Pleasant, where she remained until April 19, 1884, when she was remanded, as incurable or unimproved, to the custody of the proper officers of Polk county, and was by them committed to the hospital provided for the insane in that county…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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