Watt v. Smith
Citations
- 89 Cal. 602
- 26 P. 1071
- 1891 Cal. LEXIS 863
Syllabus
<p>Action — Parties — Trustees or Express Trust — Power or Directors or Insane Asylum — Suit against Husband or Insane Person. — Under the statute of 1885 (pp. 32, 33), the directors of an insane asylum are trustees of an express trust with reference to the moneys collected or due for the support of insane persons from persons liable to pay therefor, and have power as such trustees to maintain an action for the recovery from such persons of the amount fixed by the directors to be paid by paying patients.</p>
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- statutory language requiring claimant to state “the negligence which caused the injury” makes clear “that the municipal ante litem statute contemplates an injury sustained as a result of a negligent act or omission”
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Judges: Temple
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