Treasurer & Receiver General v. Town of Dedham

This is an action of contract under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 121, § 31, to recover from the town of Ded*239ham for the board of one Elizabeth J. Turner, an inmate of the Massachusetts Hospital School. That school, is maintained under G. L. (Ter. Ed.) c. 121, §§ 28-37. The case was submitted to the trial judge upon an agreed statement of facts. Without decision, the case was reported for the determination of this court. Frati v. Jannini, 226 Mass. 430. The facts are these: Elizabeth J. Turner is the daughter of Earl S. and Ethel Turner. She had a legal settlement in Somerville derived from her parents.…