City of Rochester v. Supervisors of Monroe County
New York Supreme Court
THIS was a case agreed upon by the parties for submission to the court, without action, under section 372 of the code. The tiontroversy related to the proper mode of applying the income of the poor-house farm of Monroe county, in support of the poor therein, whose support is made a public charge.
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THIS was a case agreed upon by the parties for submission to the court, without action, under section 372 of the code. The tiontroversy related to the proper mode of applying the income of the poor-house farm of Monroe county, in support of the poor therein, whose support is made a public charge. The object of the case was to obtain from the court a construction of those provisions of the revised statutes on the subject of the support of the poor, upon which the controversy depends. The facts are as follows : For several years prior to and at the date of this controversy, the county of Monroe…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court, T. B. Strong, J.
Upon a careful examination of the statutes relating to the support of the poor at county poor houses, I find no .authority for a discrimination between county and town poor, in respect to the application of the income of the poor-house farm. On the contrary, it is quite apparent the legislature intended the income should be applied to the support of the poor of the county generally at the poor-house, without distinction. By § 17, (1 R. &'■ 618,) authority is given to the board of supervisors of any county to determine to erect a county poor-house “ for the…
2Cited by1 opinion
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