Waltham v. Town of Mullally
Nebraska Supreme Court
Error to the district court for Harlan county. Tried below before Gaslin, J. Under township organization, the supervisor is ex-offiaio overseer of the poor (Comp. Stats. 1887, ch. 18, sec. 37); and county is liable only when it has a lawful poorhouse.
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Error to the district court for Harlan county. Tried below before Gaslin, J. Under township organization, the supervisor is ex-offiaio overseer of the poor (Comp. Stats. 1887, ch. 18, sec. 37); and county is liable only when it has a lawful poorhouse. (Id., ch. 77, sec. 77; ch. 18, sec. 13.) All money for town purposes, authorized by vote of town meeting, or directed by law to be raised, is a town charge (Id., ch. 18, sec. 53); and the electors at the town meeting are empowered to raise money for the support of the town poor when there is no county poor-house. (Id., ch. 18, sec. 12.). Hence,…
1Opinion of the CourtCobb, J.
This action is brought on error, by the plaintiff below,, to the judgment of the district court of Harlan county.
*485The plaintiff complained of the town of Mullally in said county, for services rendered in the care and support -of A. E. Davis, a pauper of said township, from November 26,1883, to August 12,1887, one hundred and ninety-three weeks, at nine dollars per week, amounting to the sum of §1,737, which services were rendered at the defendant’s instance and request, and for which the defendant promised to pay the plaintiff on demand such sum as they were reasonably worth.
2. Such services,…
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