Case Name: City of Worcester vs. Town of Milford
Court: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
Decision Date: 1965-01-29
Citations: 348 Mass. 786
Docket Number: 
Parties: City of Worcester vs. Town of Milford.
Judges: 
Reporter: Massachusetts Reports
Volume: 348
Pages: 786–786

Head Matter:
City of Worcester vs. Town of Milford.
January 29, 1965.
Stanton H. Whitman, Assistant City Solicitor (Harry J. Meleski, City Solicitor, with him), for the plaintiff.
No argument or brief for the defendant.

Opinion:
The plaintiff seeks recovery from the defendant under G. L. e. 117, § 14, as amended through St. 1939, c. 39, § 1, for hospital care furnished to persons whose settlement was in Milford. The case was tried in the Superior Court on a statement of agreed facts. The amount recoverable by the plaintiff in this action is not subject to the limitation contained in G. L. c. 117, § 24A. The case is controlled by Worcester v. Charlton, 336 Mass. 525. The removal of the limitation from G. L. c. 117, § 24, and the insertion of it in § 24A, as accomplished by St. 1959, e. 584, in no way derogates from the holding in Worcester v. Charlton, supra. The finding, construed as an order for judgment for the defendant, is reversed. Judgment for the plaintiff is to be entered in the Superior Court for $680.44 on count 1, $89.92 on count 2, and $60.17 on count 3.