State v. City of Bristol

This is an action for a declaratory judgment as to the duty of a town to pay for the care of a pauper patient in a state humane institution. The case comes to this court by reservation from the Superior Court and calls for the interpretation of the applicable sections of the General Statutes.

These facts from the stipulation for reservation as amended suffice to present the questions to be answered: William Blum, who was then an indigent person, was admitted to the Connecticut State Hospital on February 21,1946, on an emergency certificate signed by a physician, and subsequently, upon…