County of Winnebago v. Town of Shirland

Mr. Presiding Justice Wolfe

delivered the opinion of the court.

The county of Winnebago brought suit in the circuit court of Winnebago county, against the Town of Shirland, to recover for the care of a pauper, under sec. 40, ch. 107, Smith-Hurd Ill. Rev. Stat., which is commonly called the Pauper Act. The suit was to recover from the Town of Shirland, the cost of maintaining Elmer Deuel in the County poorhouse of Winnebago county, from January 1, 1933, to May 31, 1939. The complaint alleges that Elmer Deuel was a resident of the Town of Shirland and consequently, that said town was responsible…