Rodman v. Justices
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 43 — MANDAMUS— APPEAL FROM LARUE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Revised Statutes, 1 Stant., 327 ; 2 Stant., 217. 3 Met., 349, and cases therein cited. 20 Barbour's (N. F.) Reports, 294. 10 Wendell, 363 ; People vs. Supervisors Columbia Co. 18 John., 242 ; Bright vs. Supervisors Chenango Co. 19 John., 272; Johnson vs. Supervisors Herkimer Co. 2 Cowen, 530 ; People vs. Supervisors Cayuga Co. 2 Cowen, 292 ; People vs. Supervisors St. Lawrence Co. 9 Wendell, 508; People vs.…
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CASE 43 — MANDAMUS— APPEAL FROM LARUE CIRCUIT COURT. CITED— Revised Statutes, 1 Stant., 327 ; 2 Stant., 217. 3 Met., 349, and cases therein cited. 20 Barbour's (N. F.) Reports, 294. 10 Wendell, 363 ; People vs. Supervisors Columbia Co. 18 John., 242 ; Bright vs. Supervisors Chenango Co. 19 John., 272; Johnson vs. Supervisors Herkimer Co. 2 Cowen, 530 ; People vs. Supervisors Cayuga Co. 2 Cowen, 292 ; People vs. Supervisors St. Lawrence Co. 9 Wendell, 508; People vs. Supervisors Dutchess Co. 3 Barbour (N. Y.), 332; People vs. Sup. Ulster Co. 15 Barbour, f 40 ; People vs. Edmunds. 3 Met., 499 ;…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion oe the court:
The appellants, as partners in the practice of medicine, filed a petition in the circuit court for a mandamus requiring the justices of the county court of Larue to levy a county tax to pay the amount of a medical bill for attending a poor free woman of color, who was confined with small-pox.
The petition alleges that one of the petitioners, at the request of the county judge, ratified and indorsed by the said justices, attended constantly and exclusively to the diseased woman, who was so isolated as to require his services as both physician…
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