Board of Supervisors v. Plaut
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of the county of Clay; the Hon. Aaron Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Levi M. Plaut, in the Circuit Court of Clay county, against the board of supervisors of that county. The declaration contained the common counts for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered. The general issue was pleaded. A trial was had before the court, a jury having been dispensed with by agreement of the parties.
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Writ oe Error to the Circuit Court of the county of Clay; the Hon. Aaron Shaw, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Levi M. Plaut, in the Circuit Court of Clay county, against the board of supervisors of that county. The declaration contained the common counts for goods, wares and merchandise sold and delivered. The general issue was pleaded. A trial was had before the court, a jury having been dispensed with by agreement of the parties. After hearing the evidence, the court found the issues for the plaintiffs. Defendant thereupon entered a motion for a new trial,…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It appears from the record in this case, that one Thompson had become a charge to the county of Clay; that Phelps, the overseer of the poor, had let his support to the lowest bidder, and his mother became the contractor, for the sum of two dollars per week; that he was kept by her until his death. His mother was of very limited means, and the pauper became very sick, and the mother was unable to support him while he was in that condition, at the price agreed upon by her; that De Witt, the overseer who succeeded Phelps, tried to get some other person to keep the pauper, but did not succeed;…
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