County of Richland v. Township of Decker

The county of Richland, appellee herein, recovered a judgment of $280 in the circuit court of said county against appellant, a township in said county, for the board, care and maintenance of Gfus Hickle, a pauper. The claim covered a period of 80 weeks, beginning September 8, 1931.

Appellant contends that Hickle was a nonresident of the township and that under the provision of section 24, chapter 107, Cahill’s Revised Statutes, li 25, he is a county charge. Appellee brings its suit under section 16 of said act and contends that the evidence warrants the finding that Hickle was a resident of…