Rock Island County v. Mercer County
Appellate Court of Illinois
Assumpsit, for money expended, etc. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Rock Island County; the Hon. William H. Gest, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
Mercer County brought this suit against Eock Island County to recover for expense it incurred in the support of Mrs. Maria Helfrich (a pauper chargeable to Eock Island county) while living in Mercer coun by. At th e trial plain tiff introduced proof tending to show that Mrs. Helfrich was a pauper and prior to June, 1894, she had been an inmate of the Eock Island County Infirmary for about four years; that in June, 1894, Dow, then steward of said infirmary, took Mrs. Helfrich to the home of her sister, Mrs. Green, at Viola, in…
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