282 N.W. 272 | Minn. | 1938
This case comes here with an adjudication, which is not questioned on the appeal, that Mrs. Youngquist received relief from the poor fund of Renville county. That adjudication is final here, although there is authority for the proposition that the subsequent voluntary reimbursement by the poor authorities of one who furnished services to an alleged pauper does not constitute the furnishing of relief within the meaning of the poor laws. Town of Windham v. City of Portland,
An alleged pauper receives relief from the county poor fund when money in the fund is appropriated to his use either by a cash disbursement to him or when the fund becomes liable for the payment of goods or services furnished to him by the county. The county did not furnish the services to Mrs. Youngquist. She contracted for them herself and incurred only a personal liability to the persons furnishing the same. The county subsequently voluntarily paid and discharged the contractual liability of Mrs. Youngquist to each of such persons. Until the payments were made nothing was received nor was there a right to receive anything from the poor fund. Even the payment of the one bill in December, *533 1935, did not obligate the county to pay the other, which was paid in March, 1936. Each payment discharged a separate liability. Relief from the poor fund was received by Mrs. Youngquist when the county paid for the services, not when they were rendered. We therefore hold that she received such relief from Renville county twice, once in December, 1935, and again in March, 1936. These months are not to be counted in determining the period of residence for purposes of settlement, in consequence of which Mrs. Youngquist had resided in Redwood county only 11 months, which is one month short of the period required to obtain a settlement. The court below properly determined that these two months are to be excluded and that Mrs. Youngquist had a settlement in Renville county.
Judgment affirmed.