City of Brockton v. Town of Conway

By the Court.

This is an action of contract to recover money paid for the board and treatment of Grace Ness Adams, who had fallen into distress and was in need of immediate relief. The case was heard on an “Agreed Statement of Facts.” See Frati v. Jannini, 226 Mass. 430; Goewey v. Sanborn, 277 Mass. 168.

Grace Ness Adams was the wife of Kenneth Adams. The plaintiff gave notice to the defendant on June 29, 1928, that Mrs. Adams was ill in the city of Brockton. The defendant on July 13, 1928, denied liability (1) because there was “no record of any Kenneth Adams being born here [in the town of…