Fayette County v. Bremer County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Floyd Owemt Court. Plaintiff brought this action to recover for money expended in the support of a pauper alleged to have a settlement in Bremer county.. The case was tried to the court without a jury and a judgment was rendered for defendant. Plaintiff .appeals. The facts of the case appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
i. residence: sanepauper?’ I. The petition alleges that one Lucy Mix, a resident of Bremer county, was a pauper and provided for. as such; that the township trustees with the knowledge of the board of supervisors caused her to be removed to Fayette county, where she was supported for. more than a year by Bremer county, all of which was fraudulently concealed from plaintiff; that the defendant was notified that application for her support had been made to plaintiff, and the pauper was warned by plaintiff as provided by law to depart from Fayette county, and that in order to prevent her from…
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