Board of Commissioners v. Board of Commissioners
Wyoming Supreme Court
Eekok to tbe District Court for Sweetwater County, HoN. Jesse Knight, Judge. This was an action brought by the Board of the County Commissioners of Carbon County against the Board of the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, to recover certain expenses incurred in the care of one Ben Zimmer who, it was claimed, was a pauper and chargeable to Sweetwater County. The facts are sufficiently set out. in the opinion. The District court rendered judgment, for the plaintiff.
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Eekok to tbe District Court for Sweetwater County, HoN. Jesse Knight, Judge. This was an action brought by the Board of the County Commissioners of Carbon County against the Board of the County Commissioners of Sweetwater County, to recover certain expenses incurred in the care of one Ben Zimmer who, it was claimed, was a pauper and chargeable to Sweetwater County. The facts are sufficiently set out. in the opinion. The District court rendered judgment, for the plaintiff. The defendant prosecuted error. To bring the case within the provisions of Sec. 1956, Zimmer must have resided in…
1Opinion of the Court
Groesbeck, Chief Justice.
The petition in this action was amended during the trial, and alleges substantially the following facts: On or about July 26, 1891, one Ben Zimmer, pauper, was wrongfully removed and transported from Sweetwater County to Carbon County, while helpless and suffering from severe bodily injuries, and by reason of said wrongful removal and his helpless and destitute condition, he wrongfully became a charge as a pauper upon Carbon County, and his physical condition was such that he could not be removed from that county. Carbon County expended for and on behalf of Sweetwater…
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