State v. Alexander Ikey's Estate
Supreme Court of Vermont
Appeal from the decision of commissioners disallowing a claim presented by the State against the estate of Alexander Ilcey. Heard on an agreed statement of facts at the March Term, 1910, Rutland County, Hall, J., presiding. Judgment, pro forma, for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion sufficiently states the case. Money expended in the support of a pauper cannot be recovered of the pauper or his estate without a special contract for re-payment.
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Appeal from the decision of commissioners disallowing a claim presented by the State against the estate of Alexander Ilcey. Heard on an agreed statement of facts at the March Term, 1910, Rutland County, Hall, J., presiding. Judgment, pro forma, for the plaintiff. The defendant excepted. The opinion sufficiently states the case. Money expended in the support of a pauper cannot be recovered of the pauper or his estate without a special contract for re-payment. Deer-Isle v. Eaton, 12 Mass. 327; City of Albany v. McNamara, 117 N. Y. 168.
1Opinion of the CourtWatson, J.
Alexander Ikey, then being held in prison on the charge of having committed the crime of murder, was not indicted by the grand jury at the September term, 1902, of the county court in Rutland County, by reason of insanity, and the grand jury so certified to the court. Whereupon it being con*365sidered by the court that the discharge and going at large of Ikey would be dangerous to the community, and that he had no estate sufficient for his maintenance in the insane hospital, nor in any other suitable place, it was ordered that he be confined at the expense of the State in the Vermont State…
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- In Re Estate of YturburruCalifornia Supreme Court · 1901
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- Directors of the Poor & of the House of Employment of Montgomery Co. v. NyceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1894
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