Eckman v. Township of Brady
Michigan Supreme Court
Error to Saginaw. (Edgefc, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The' facts are stated in the opinion. 1. Cases sustaining defendant’s claim that no implied contract arises, are as follows: a — A town cannot be held liable for board or lodging furnished to a pauper unless at the request of the supervisor; citing McCaffrey v. Town of Shields, 54 Wis. 645. b — In Newaygo County v. Nelson, 75 Mich. 162, the Court say that “It would be most unjust to give plaintiff a judgment…
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Error to Saginaw. (Edgefc, J.) Assumpsit. Defendant brings error. The' facts are stated in the opinion. 1. Cases sustaining defendant’s claim that no implied contract arises, are as follows: a — A town cannot be held liable for board or lodging furnished to a pauper unless at the request of the supervisor; citing McCaffrey v. Town of Shields, 54 Wis. 645. b — In Newaygo County v. Nelson, 75 Mich. 162, the Court say that “It would be most unjust to give plaintiff a judgment against the defendant for prospective support.” At the time the plaintiff in this case asked for more than §20 per year,…
1Opinion of the CourtMorse, J.
The plaintiff brought suit against the defendant .township, averring in her declaration that the-distinction between township and county poor is not. abolished in the county of Saginaw, of which county said1, township forms a part. That Annie Decker was an. unmarried woman, more than 30 years of age, having a residence and settlement in said township, and was a pauper unable to support or maintain herself, and having no property, money, or means of support, and that she was entitled to support 'from the township as one of the town poor. That the said township was indebted to plaintiff in the…
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