Moody v. Wickersham

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

The plaintiff was a housekeeper for the Carl Leon Hotel in Independence, Kan. Prior to February 14, 1918, she had been sick, and on the 13th she began to break out, and on the morning of the 14th the manager said she had better call a physician. Doctor Aldrich was called and pronounced the case smallpox and said he would have to see the health officer, and sent for or called the defendant, Doctor Wickersham, secretary of the board of health and acting health officer.

The plaintiff’s story, in brief, was that Doctor Wickersham came to the hotel…