Town of Clearwater v. Town of Garfield

Ames, C.

The county of Antelope is, or was at the time this actio.. was begun, governed by the provisions of law relative to township organization. The plaintiff township sued the defendant township to recover a sum expended by the plaintiff for the maintenance of a pauper, who was alleged to have been a resident of and legal charge upon the latter township. The petition omitted to allege that the county board had not established a poorhouse, pursuant to the statutes of the state, in which case it is enacted by section 22, article 4, chapter 18, of the Compiled Statutes, townships are not…