City of Augusta v. Inhabitants of the Town of Alna

DUFRESNE, Chief Justice.

The appellee, City of Augusta (City), sued the Inhabitants of the Town of Aina and the Department of Health and Welfare of the State of Maine (Department) in the Superior Court (Kennebec County) seeking reimbursement for expenses incurred in providing relief in the amount of $4,756.70 to one Helen Baldwin, a person destitute and in need of relief whose settlement for pauper purposes at all times material was the Town of Alna. The relief was furnished during the period from February 15, 1972 to and including August 14, 1972, but the City paid this obligation, which it…