Case Name: William Bowman versus The Inhabitants of Wiscasset
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1816-06
Citations: 12 Tyng 247
Docket Number: 
Parties: William Bowman versus The Inhabitants of Wiscasset.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 13
Pages: 202–202

Head Matter:
William Bowman versus The Inhabitants of Wiscasset.
A jailer cannot demand of the town in which the jail is situated compensation for the use of beds, blankets, &c., by poor debtors in jail.
Case of assumpsit against the defendants, by the plaintiff, the keeper of the public jail in this town.
The declaration contained three counts. The two first were for blankets, beds, &c., procured by the plaintiff for the use of poor debtors in prison from July, 1812, to April, 1816. The third was for the amount of an order drawn by the selectmen upon the treasurer of Wiscasset.
The defendants being defaulted, Bailey moved for judgment on aj the counts.

Opinion:
But the Court observed, that the defendants were not liable for the articles charged in the two first counts, and ordered judgment for the sum due on the third count only.