City of Worcester v. Inhabitants of Northborough
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract to recover $76.99, for expenses incurred in the support of Johanna Hanley and her infant child as paupers. Writ dated February 9, 1884. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows: It appeared that on December 28, 1881, Johanna Hanley fell into distress in the plaintiff city, and was taken by its overseers of the poor to the Worcester City Hospital, which was maintained by the plaintiff, and…
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Contract to recover $76.99, for expenses incurred in the support of Johanna Hanley and her infant child as paupers. Writ dated February 9, 1884. Trial in the Superior Court, without a jury, before Barker J., who allowed a bill of exceptions in substance as follows: It appeared that on December 28, 1881, Johanna Hanley fell into distress in the plaintiff city, and was taken by its overseers of the poor to the Worcester City Hospital, which was maintained by the plaintiff, and was supported there by said overseers until February 13, 1882; and that during that period she was delivered of a…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
1. It is not denied that the printed book put in evidence was in fact one of the volumes printed under c. 98 of the Resolves of 1866, as it purported to be. This being so, it was properly admitted. Assuming that the resolve could not directly affect the rules of evidence, it made the document a public document, and it would seem to have been passed with the purpose of causing the facts to be recorded, while still fresh, for the benefit of the public. It was recognized by an act of the Legislature. St. 1866, e. 301, § 1. The facts collected in it were public facts. Stark. Ev. (10th Am. ed.)…
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