Town of Shrewsbury v. Murphy

This is an action of contract to recover money paid by the plaintiff town by way of old age assistance to the defendant’s intestate, Ellen Daley. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 118A, § 4A, as appearing in St. 1948, c. 581, § 3. The action was tried before a judge without a jury upon a statement of agreed facts. The judge found for the defendant. We treat this finding as an order for judgment. The plaintiff appealed. G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 231, § 96. There was no error.

The facts are these. The plaintiff furnished old age assistance under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 118A, as appearing in St. 1936, c. 436, § 1, as…