City of Plymouth v. Sheboygan County
Wisconsin Supreme Court
Abpeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sheboy-gan county: N. S. Gilson, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff city filed a claim with the county board of /Sheboygan county for $232.50 for medicine, nursing, and board furnished to one Herman Oestereich, a nonresident pauper, between the 4th day of September, 1896, and the 1st day of November, 1897. The claim was disallowed, and the city appealed to the circuit court.
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Abpeal from a judgment of the circuit court for Sheboy-gan county: N. S. Gilson, Circuit Judge. The plaintiff city filed a claim with the county board of /Sheboygan county for $232.50 for medicine, nursing, and board furnished to one Herman Oestereich, a nonresident pauper, between the 4th day of September, 1896, and the 1st day of November, 1897. The claim was disallowed, and the city appealed to the circuit court. After the trial in the circuit court, without jury, the court found that on September 4,1896, Herman Oestereich, an unmarried adult, was injured by a railroad train at the village…
1Opinion of the CourtWinslow, J.
Sec. 1512, R. S. 1878, as amended by sec. 1, ch. 216, Laws of 1895, provided, in substance, that when a nonresident pauper was suddenly taken ill, or became disabled, the town, village, or city in which such disability took place should furnish all necessary relief, and should recover the expenses so incurred of the county, provided the town, village, or city gave notice of the facts to the county clerk within ten days after the disability occurred. The liability is purely statutory, and the remedy given by the statute must be strictly followed. Milwaukee Co. v. Sheboygan, 94 Wis. 58. The…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Milwaukee County v. City of SheboyganWisconsin Supreme Court · 1896