County of Clay v. County of Palo Alto
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Kossuth District Court. — How. G-eorg-e H. Caer, Judge. Actiow to recover for medical services, care and -supplies furnislied one John Finn, a poor person, whose -alleged settlement is in the defendant county. The following stipulation of facts was filed in the case: “ It is hereby agreed and stipulated as a part of the facts in the above-entitled cause as follows: That John Finn is now nineteen years of age. That he is unmarried, and never has been married.
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Appeal from Kossuth District Court. — How. G-eorg-e H. Caer, Judge. Actiow to recover for medical services, care and -supplies furnislied one John Finn, a poor person, whose -alleged settlement is in the defendant county. The following stipulation of facts was filed in the case: “ It is hereby agreed and stipulated as a part of the facts in the above-entitled cause as follows: That John Finn is now nineteen years of age. That he is unmarried, and never has been married. That he is the same person to whom the medical aid, care and attendance •of Hr. Chas. McAllister was furnished which was the…
1Opinion of the CourtGranger, J.
I. The action of the court in striking from the stipulation, and holding that the i s.>, „„„ ' of pauper: emaumpa-settlement of Finn was in the defendant county, presents the first question for us to determine. The appellant’s contention m this respect is that the facts stricken from the stipulation show John Finn had been emancipated from his father, and, being- emancipated, it was competent for him to make or create a new settlement in another county. Some provisions of our Code are important in this connection. Chapter 1 of title 11 *629treats “of the settlement and support of the poor.”…
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