Legal Opinion
Nash v. Inhabitants of Sorrento
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided June 26, 1919PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Action brought under Public Laws, 1917, Chap. 276, Sec. 10. Case was entered in Bar Harbor Municipal Court, and by agreement of parties was reported to Law Court for determination. Judgment in accordance with opinion. Case stated in opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtDeasy, J.
Action brought by the wife of a man in the United States Naval service against the Town of Sorrento, to recover “State Aid” of four dollars per week, provided by Chap. 276, of the Laws of 1917.
The act provides in substance that the State Aid, so-called, shall in the first instance be paid by towns and that the towns shall be reimbursed by the state.
*225Sec. 10 of Chap. 276 is as follows:
“If any city, town, or plantation, or the municipal officers thereof, shall neglect or refuse to comply with the provisions of this act according to its true intent and meaning, and to the satisfaction of the…
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