Ogden City v. Weber County
Utah Supreme Court
Appeal from tlie Second District Court, Weber County. — Row. H. H. Rolapp, Judge. Action to recover a certain sum for the care and maintenance of a sick and dependent poor person. From a judgment in favor of tbe defendant, plaintiff appealed.
1Concurrence
HART, District Judge.
I am unable to concur in the foregoing opinion. While the humanity and sympathy involved therein are commendable, still it is a question of the legal, and not the moral, duty of the defendant county. Its only duty to paupers is that imposed by statute.
It should be noted that subdivision 40, section 511, Revised Statutes 1898, is substantially the same as subdivision 5, section 21, chapter 131, page 522, Laws 1896; the same being an amendment of, or substitution for, subdivision 6, section 187, Comp. Laws 1888, as follows “(6) To provide for the care and maintenance of the…
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