Town of Freeport v. Board of Supervisors
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. Benj. R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the B card of Supervisors of Stephenson county, to the April Term, 1864, of the Circuit Court, against the town of Freeport.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of Stephenson county; the Hon. Benj. R. Sheldon, Judge, presiding. This was an action of assumpsit brought by the B card of Supervisors of Stephenson county, to the April Term, 1864, of the Circuit Court, against the town of Freeport. The declaration contained a count for goods, wares and merchandise, and a count for the board and lodging of a number of persons who were poor, and a legal charge to defendant as paupers, and the usual money counts. The plea of the general issue was filed. A trial was had at the return term, by the court, by consent the…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
This was an action of assumpsit, brought by the Board of Supervisors of Stephenson county against the town of Freeport, to recover for the support of five paupers, with which, it is urged, the town is chargeable. The declaration contained the usual common counts. The general issue was filed, and the cause was submitted to the court for trial, by consent without a jury, on this agreed statement of facts:
“That an act entitled An act in relation to the poor of Stephenson county, approved February 18,1861, was accepted by the electors of said county according to the provisions of the third…
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