Town of Albion v. Village of Maple Lake
Supreme Court of Minnesota
' Appeal by defendant from an order of the district court for Wright county, Russell, J., denying its motion for a new trial after a verdict for the plaintiff for $277.28.
1Opinion of the CourtBuck, J.
The plaintiff is a town, and the defendant is a village, in Wright county, in this state. The question involved in this action is whether the defendant village is liable for the support of one George Lindmark, a pauper, who for eight or ten years had been a resident of said county.
He was taken sick about February 17, 1895, while sojourning in the town of Albion, and was too ill to be removed to the defendant village, which, it is alleged in the complaint, was his residence. Lindmark was destitute and helpless, and, by reason thereof, the plaintiff employed one Larry Smith to care for and…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lawson v. AdlardSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1891
- Garrett v. MannheimerSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1877
3Cited by6 opinions
- Nelson v. SandkampSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1948
- Shilkret v. HelveringCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1943
- County of Douglas v. Township of Dead LakeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1930
- Butler v. District of ColumbiaCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1946
- Town of Cordova v. Village of Le Sueur CenterSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1898
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