Treasurer & Receiver General v. Sermini
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract under St. 1909, c. 504, § 82, by the Treasurer and Receiver General, at the request of the State board of insanity, to recover for the support of the defendant’s daughter Lena Morin at the price of $2.50 a week at the Northampton State Hospital for the insane. Writ dated March 31, 1915. In the Superior Court the case was heard by O’Connell, J., without a jury. The essential facts found by him are stated in the opinion.
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Contract under St. 1909, c. 504, § 82, by the Treasurer and Receiver General, at the request of the State board of insanity, to recover for the support of the defendant’s daughter Lena Morin at the price of $2.50 a week at the Northampton State Hospital for the insane. Writ dated March 31, 1915. In the Superior Court the case was heard by O’Connell, J., without a jury. The essential facts found by him are stated in the opinion. The plaintiff offered evidence to prove that Eugene W. Morin, the husband of Lena Morin, had no property at the date of the writ or at the time of the trial and was…
1Opinion of the CourtCrosby, J.
This is an action at law brought by the plaintiff in his official capacity under St. 1909, c. 504, § 82, to recover for the Commonwealth certain charges for the support of one Lena Morin, while she was an inmate of one of the State hospitals for the insane. A judge of the Superior Court has found certain facts, admitted by both parties at the trial, which are sufficient to establish liability, if, as matter of law, the defendant can be charged for the support so furnished.
The inmate died in the hospital on December 24, 1914. She was a daughter of the defendant, and on the date of her…
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