Hamilton County v. Hollis

Ladd, J. —

This is an action by the county against defendants for money expended in the maintenance of their father and mother at the poor farm. The parents had lived in’ a small house with two lots in Homer, and had been receiving $4 per month from the county for several years. They were about eighty and seventy-eight years of age, respectively, both feeble and childish, and able to do little. They were taken to the poor farm September 20, 1903, and remained there until June 14, 1906, when the woman died. He left the following day. The evidence tended to show that the expense of their…