People Ex Rel. Town of Blenheim v. Board of Supervisors of County of Sohoharie
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme .Court in the third judicial department, made May 1, 1888,. which reversed an order of Special Term, granting a motion for a writ of prohibition. The nature of the proceeding and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion.
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Appeal from order of the General Term of the Supreme .Court in the third judicial department, made May 1, 1888,. which reversed an order of Special Term, granting a motion for a writ of prohibition. The nature of the proceeding and the facts, so far as material, are stated in the opinion. Neither the town of Bien, heim nor any of the others of the towns sought to be charged by the prohibited action of the defendants was ever liable for the support of the insane persons in question. But their expenses were made, by the statute, charges against the county. (Laws of 1874, chap. 446, § 14; 7…
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
The object of this proceeding was to prohibit the county of Schoharie, through its board of supervisors, from proceeding to levy and collect, from certain towns of that county, moneys which the county had paid, and, it is admitted, was bound to pay in the first instance for the support or assistance of certain persons residing or having a legal settlement in these towns. Several indigent insane persons (not paupers) have from time to time, since January 1, 1882, been sent to lunatic asylums, on the certificate of the county judge of that county, acting under the provisions of section 14 of…
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