The action is for a declaratory judgment determining whether the plaintiff town or the defendant county (as a public welfare district) is liable for the burial expense of indigent persons found dead within the town but not residents thereof. Such a determination involves only a construction of applicable provisions of the Social Welfare Law. Section 141 thereof provides: "1. Except as otherwise provided the public welfare district shall provide for the care, removal and burial...
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