Trustees of Brimfield v. Commissioners of Portage
Ohio Supreme Court
This is an action of assumpsit from the county of Portage. It is submitted to the court upon an agreed state of facts. On October 19, 1837, complaint was made before Jeremiah Moulten, a justice of the peace of Brimfield township, by the overseers of the poor of that township, stating that one Eachel Coozard was insane.
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This is an action of assumpsit from the county of Portage. It is submitted to the court upon an agreed state of facts. On October 19, 1837, complaint was made before Jeremiah Moulten, a justice of the peace of Brimfield township, by the overseers of the poor of that township, stating that one Eachel Coozard was insane. A warrant was issued, said Eachel brought before the justices, and a jury was impaneled according to law, who found the said Eachel to be insane and incapable of taking care of herself, but that she was not dangerous, and ought not to be confined. The justice issued an order to…
1Opinion of the Court
*Hitchcock, J.
Upon the state of facts agreed in this case, [284 it is claimed by the plaintiffs that they are entitled to recover of the defendants the amount of moneys expended in ascertaining the fact of insanity, and in supporting the pauper up to the time of the appointment of a guardian. Whether this claim is well grounded, depends upon the act of the general assembly of January 29,1824, entitled “• an act to provide for the safe keeping of idiots, lunatics and insane persons,” etc. Section 1 prescribes the man*285ner of proceeding to ascertain the fact of idiocy, lunacy, or insanity.…
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