Commissioners of Burke v. . Commissioners, Buncombe
Supreme Court of North Carolina
This is a civil actioN, which was tried before MacRae, J., upon complaint and demurrer at February Term, 1888, of BuNCOMbb Superior Court.
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This is a civil actioN, which was tried before MacRae, J., upon complaint and demurrer at February Term, 1888, of BuNCOMbb Superior Court. The following complaint was filed: 1. That in and during the year' 1880, one Rosanna Meadows was a resident and citizen of the county of Buncombe, in the State of North Carolina, and during a part of the year 1880 was an inmate of the almshouse of said county of Buncombe, having been sent there and being there under lawful authority as an inmate. 2. That on or about the-day of_, 1880, the said Rosanna Meadows, while suffering from a fit of insanity,…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
(after stating the cáse.) Section 707, subsection 21, of The Code, confers upon the County Commissioners authority to provide for the maintenance of the poor. Section 3540 does not differ materially from section 707, subsection 21, and the Commissioners have authority “ to institute proceedings against any person coming into the county who is likely to become chargeable thereto, and to cause the removal of such person to the county where he was last legally settled, and to recover, by action, from the said county all charges and expenses whatever incurred for the maintenance or removal of…
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