Reynolds v. Board of Supervisors
Mississippi Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alcorn County. Hon. J. A. Green, Judge. The statute (Code 1880, c. 12) provides for the relief of all paupers, and divides them into such as are required to be supported at the poor-house, and such as cannot be cared for there. This case falls under Code 1880, § 629, which governs the latter class, and the allowance is authorized in § 626. As the allegations of the petition bring the case within the statute, the demurrer should be overruled.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Alcorn County. Hon. J. A. Green, Judge. The statute (Code 1880, c. 12) provides for the relief of all paupers, and divides them into such as are required to be supported at the poor-house, and such as cannot be cared for there. This case falls under Code 1880, § 629, which governs the latter class, and the allowance is authorized in § 626. As the allegations of the petition bring the case within the statute, the demurrer should be overruled. A jierson who maintains a pauper properly chargeable on the county can recover compensation from the board of…
1Opinion of the CourtCampbell, J.
The facts stated in the petition of the appellant for allowance of compensation for taking care of the poor person named in it, if they had been presented to the board to obtain its order to have such person cared for without being sent to the poor-house, might have commended the application to the favorable consideration of the board; but the fact that for many months the appellant had cared for such person did not create in his favor a legal demand which the board was required to recognize and provide for. It had jurisdiction to hear and decide on the application, as was held in Cotton v.…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cotton v. Board of PoliceMississippi Supreme Court · 1854
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