Clark v. Cole County
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. John M. Williams, Judge. (1) The appellants made a prima-facie case by showing that Raithel had been an inmate of State Hospital No. 3, as county charge of Cole County, since January 1, 1889, and by introducing the certified copy of the account sued on.
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Appeal from Cole Circuit Court. — Hon. John M. Williams, Judge. (1) The appellants made a prima-facie case by showing that Raithel had been an inmate of State Hospital No. 3, as county charge of Cole County, since January 1, 1889, and by introducing the certified copy of the account sued on. R. S. 1909, secs. 1389, 1429. (2) Appellants having shown that Raithel had long been maintained by Cole County at State Hospital No. 3, that county could only relieve itself from payment for his care by showing that its county court had made an order transferring him to a pay patient, and that a certified…
1Opinion of the Court
WHITE, C.
The plaintiffs brought this suit against Cole County, on account, for the maintenance of one John Raithel, insane, at State Hospital No. 3, from September 1, 1908, to September 17, 1910. After Raithel had been kept there some years as a county patient at the expense of Cole County, on October 2,1907, an order was made by the county court of Cole County directing the clerk to notify the superintendent of State Hospital No. 3 that said Raithel was possessed of an estate and would be kept no longer at the hospital at the expense of the county. This order was not transmitted to the…
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