Inhabitants of Freedom v. McDonald
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Action of assumpsit to recover for supplies and money expended, under chapter 27, section 47, for the benefit of the defendant, a minor; defendant being represented by her guardian.
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Action of assumpsit to recover for supplies and money expended, under chapter 27, section 47, for the benefit of the defendant, a minor; defendant being represented by her guardian. Defendant pleaded general issue, and upon an agreed statement case was reported to Law Court to determine the questions of law and fact and render such judgment as the Law Court should determine to be proper, the principal point at issue being what items could be properly charged to defendant as pauper supplies, under chater 27, section 47. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtMadigan, J.
The plaintiff asks judgment for several amounts alleged to have been furnished by its overseers to the defendant as pauper supplies. Defendant being a minor, appears by her guardian, and the case is before the court on report.
The McDonald family being in distress, the mother applied to Freedom, where they had a settlement, for relief. The overseers, ■with- the mother’s consent, placed the defendant in the Girls’ Home, a charitable institution in Belfast, where in consideration of an entrance fee of fifty dollars paid by the plaintiff, she was to be cared for until eighteen, a period of about…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Smith v. PeabodyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1871
3Cited by1 opinion
- Inhabitants of Vienna v. WeymouthSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1934