Jones County v. Norton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court. — Hon. James D. Gteeen, Judge* • Action to recover for costs and expenses paid in maintaining deceased, an insane person, at the state hospital, and at plaintiff’s county poorhouse. The case was tried to the court, and judgment rendered in favor of the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGiven, J.
1 2 I. In November, 1874, the deceased, Precilla Davis, was adjudged insane, and ordered to be taken to the' State Hospital for the Insane at Independence, where she was kept under treatment until November, 1875, when she was declared incurable and returned to said county. From that time until her death, in July, 1892, deceased was provided and cared for at the poorhouse of the plaintiff county. Plaintiff paid two hundred and thirty-four dollars and seventy-seven cents for taking deceased to and maintaining her at the state hospital, the last item of which was paid December 31, 1875. It is…
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