Directors of the Poor & of the House of Employment of Montgomery Co. v. Nyce
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, Samuel E. Nyce, Committee, etc., of Edward Malone, a lunatic, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., March T., 1892, No. 155, for plaintiff, on case stated. Case stated.
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Appeal, No. 78, Jan. T., 1894, by defendant, Samuel E. Nyce, Committee, etc., of Edward Malone, a lunatic, from judgment of C. P. Montgomery Co., March T., 1892, No. 155, for plaintiff, on case stated. Case stated. The case stated was as follows: “ Edward Malone, the above named lunatic, being then sane and a pauper without means, was admitted to the almshouse of Montgomery county on May 24, 1877, and remained there for two months and twenty-seven days, to wit: until Aug. 20,1877, when he was discharged. He was again admitted on Oct. 12, 1877, and remained there for a period of ten years,…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Fell,
Edward Malone was an inmate of the almshouse of Montgomery county, from May, 1877, until June, 1888, when he became insane and was removed to the hospital for the insane at Norristown, where he is still confined. In June, 1891, he became entitled under the will of a relative to a legacy of f 3,100. This action is by the directors of the poor of the county against the committee of his estate, to recover the amount expended for -his board and maintenance while in the almshouse and subsequently while an inmate of the asylum up to June, 1891, since which time he has…
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