County of Essex v. City of Newburyport

This is an action of contract to recover the amount required to be paid by the defendant to the plaintiff as specified by St. 1924, c. 443, § 3, which amount is that levied by an assessment by the Legislature itself. It arose in this way: By St. 1916, c. 286, now G. L. c. Ill, §§ 78-91, the county of Essex, in common with many other counties, was required to provide adequate hospital care for all persons suffering from consumption, in need of hospital treatment, residing in cities and towns of less than fifty thousand inhabitants, with alternative provisions not here material. The expense of…