Bremer County v. Buchanan County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Blade Hawk Circuit Court. This is an action for reimbursement for aid furnished by the plaintiff to certain paupers at a time when they had a legal settlement in the county of Buchanan, as it is alleged. There was a demurrer to the petition, which was sustained, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
— It is averred in the petition that at the time the aid was furnished to the paupers they had a legal settlement in Buchanan county, and that they had not acquired a settlement in Bremer county. On the thirteenth of January, 1879, the paupers, being then temporarily in Dayton township, Bremer county, made a verbal application to the township trustees of that township for relief, and the trustees, being satisfied that the applicants were in such a state of want as to require relief at public -expense, at a meeting then held (no record of which has been kept, and at which the township clerk…
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