Milford v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Petition to the Superior Court, under the Pub. Sts. a. 195, to recover for the support of'Susan Touhey, alleged to have been a state pauper, who fell into distress in Milford, and who was not able to be' removed to the state almshouse. • At the trial before' Knowlton, Mason, and Barker, JJ., the petitioner’s evidence tended to show that said Susan was a state pauper, and that she was in need of relief, and was properly supported by the petitioner, under the provisions of the…
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Petition to the Superior Court, under the Pub. Sts. a. 195, to recover for the support of'Susan Touhey, alleged to have been a state pauper, who fell into distress in Milford, and who was not able to be' removed to the state almshouse. • At the trial before' Knowlton, Mason, and Barker, JJ., the petitioner’s evidence tended to show that said Susan was a state pauper, and that she was in need of relief, and was properly supported by the petitioner, under the provisions of the Pub. Sts. c. 86, § 25, at the cost stated in the account annexed to the petition. The court found as a fact that no…
1Opinion of the CourtField, J.
The question of law to be decided is whether the claim that the Commonwealth reimburse to the town the expenses incurred in the support of a state pauper, under the Pub. Sts. c. 86, §§ 25, 26, is a claim which is founded upon a contract *65for the payment of money, within the meaning of the St. of 1879, & 255 (Pub. Sts. e. 195). See Sts. 1865, e. 162; 1869, e. 12; 1879, e. 291, § 3.
The Court of Claims of the United States, under statutes which give it jurisdiction to hear and determine “all claims founded upon any law of Congress, .... or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the…
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