Case ID: ohio-cir-dec_10/html/0749-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Hale, J.", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

INSANE PERSONS — PAUPERS.
    [Cuyahoga Circuit Court,
    January, 1900.]
    Caldwell, Marvin, and Hale, JJ.
    Cleveland (City) v. Cuyahoga Co. (Comrs.)
    1. Paupers and Insane Persons are Distinct Classes.
    The statute providing for the care and support of paupers, has no application to the care and support of insane persons, as insane persons are recognized by the constitution and statutes as a distinct class.
    2. City Entitled to be Reimbursed from County for Support oe Insane,
    Under sec. 707, Rev. Stat., when insane persons cannot be admitted to the asylum, the city of Cleveland is entitled to be reimbursed by the county for the care and support of insane persons.
    Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Cuyahoga county.
   Hale, J.

We hold that the statute'providing for the' care and support of paupers, has no application to the facts of this case; that the rights of the parties must be determined by the express provisions of the statute relating to the care and support of insane persons who are recognized by the constitution and statutes of the state as a distinct class of the state’s unfortunates.

The petition contains every averment essential to constitute a cause of action, under sec. 707, Rev. Stat., in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant.

If the averments of the petition are true, the claim of the plaintiff is properly chargeable against the county, and payable out of the county treasury.

Hogsett, Beacom, city counsel, for plaintifF in error.

Kaiser & Taft, for defendant in error.

We hold, therefore, that the court erred in sustaining the demurrer to the petition and in rendering judgment for the defendant, for which error the judgment of the court of common pleas is reversed and the cause remanded for further proceeding.