County of Jefferson v. County of Oswego
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, The County of Jefferson, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of Jefferson on the 7tli day of May, 1902, upon the decision of the court, rendered after a trial at the Jefferson Special Term, dismissing the plaintiff’s complaint upon the merits.
1Opinion of the Court
Hiscock, J.:
This action is brought to recover over from the defendant the sum of $781.08, which the plaintiff paid for the support and maintenance of one Briggs in the Matteawan State .Hospital, said Briggs being a person under indictment, whose trial was *234suspended pending his confinement in such hospital on account of insanity.
The learned trial justice before whom the case was tried held as matter of law that the plaintiff could not recover upon the undisputed and established facts, and we think that he was correct in his conclusions and that the judgment should be affirmed.. Briggs was an…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People Ex Rel. Town of Blenheim v. Board of Supervisors of County of SohoharieNew York Court of Appeals · 1890
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