County of Middlesex v. City of Lowell
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract on an account annexed, for the support of convicts under the Gen. Sts. c. 178, §§ 58-60. The case was submitted to the judgment of the superior court, and, on appeal, of this court, upon a statement of facts, in which it was agreed that some of the convicts for whose support the plaintiffs sought to recover were committed on or before July 1, and discharged on or before November 11, and the notice of their commitment, required by the Gen. Sts. e. 178, § 60, was sent…
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Contract on an account annexed, for the support of convicts under the Gen. Sts. c. 178, §§ 58-60. The case was submitted to the judgment of the superior court, and, on appeal, of this court, upon a statement of facts, in which it was agreed that some of the convicts for whose support the plaintiffs sought to recover were committed on or before July 1, and discharged on or before November 11, and the notice of their commitment, required by the Gen. Sts. e. 178, § 60, was sent to the mayor and aldermen of the defendants on the first day of the January following their discharge. There were some…
1Opinion of the CourtColt, J.
The statute requires that, when a person is committed to the house of correction for certain offences named, for whose support a city or town may be liable, “ the master or *163keeper shall immediately give notice thereof in writing, by mail or otherwise,” to the proper officers of such city or town. Gen. Sts. c. 178, § 60. This is a statute liability, and it requires that notice should at least be given without unnecessary delay. It is essential to enable the city or town to satisfy themselves of their liability and with reference to their claims against others. The notice in this case was too…
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