City of Bath v. Inhabitants of Harpswell
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. This is an action of assumpsit to recover the sum of thirty-six dollars, the price of a casket and robe furnished and for services rendered in preparing for burial the body of Rose Alexander, whose pauper settlement was in the defendant town. The pauper fell into distress in the city of Bath and was sent to the city hospital where she died.
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On report. This is an action of assumpsit to recover the sum of thirty-six dollars, the price of a casket and robe furnished and for services rendered in preparing for burial the body of Rose Alexander, whose pauper settlement was in the defendant town. The pauper fell into distress in the city of Bath and was sent to the city hospital where she died. The overseers of the poor of the city of Bath directed the undertaker to prepare the body for burial, which was done, and then appeared the husband and the body was surrendered to him for burial. Plea, general issue with brief statement as…
1Opinion of the CourtCornish, J.
This action was brought to recover thirty-six dollars, the price of a casket and robe furnished and services rendered by an undertaker in preparing the body of Rose Alexander for burial. From the agreed statement, on which the case comes to the Law Court, the following facts appear:
“Rose Alexander, wife of John Alexander, who then had his pauper settlement in Harpswell, fell into distress in Bath, on November 15, 1911, and. was sent to the city hospital 'by the overseers of the poor of Bath. She died at the hospital November 18, *3931911, and her body, in accordance with a rule of the…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Town of Cabot v. Town of St. JohnsburySupreme Court of Vermont · 1920
- Inhabitants of Sanford v. Inhabitants of HartlandSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1943