Treasurer & Receiver General v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract by the Attorney General in the name of the Treasurer and Receiver General under St. 1907, c. 474, § 10, as amended by St. 1912, c. 17, against the city of Boston to recover amounts paid at the rate of $4 a week for the support at the Lakeville State Sanatorium of two persons alleged to have had throughout the period of such support legal settlements in Boston.
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Contract by the Attorney General in the name of the Treasurer and Receiver General under St. 1907, c. 474, § 10, as amended by St. 1912, c. 17, against the city of Boston to recover amounts paid at the rate of $4 a week for the support at the Lakeville State Sanatorium of two persons alleged to have had throughout the period of such support legal settlements in Boston. Writ dated July 8, 1916. The first count of the declaration related to the support at the-sanatorium of one John H. Clark. The second count related to the support at the sanatorium of Jennie McLean from December 7, 1915, to May…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action brought under St. 1907, c. 474, § 10, to recover for the support of two patients in the Lakeville State Sanatorium for consumptives. The defendant having waived its exceptions as to the first count to recover for the support of John H. Clark and admitted its liability therefor, the question remains whether it is liable for the support of Jennie McLean, whose husband left the Commonwealth in 1901 and was continuously absent for ten years thereafter, it being the contention of the defendant that the settlement of the wife was defeated when that of the husband was lost.
It is…
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