County of De Witt v. Spaulding

This is an action in assumpsit, brought by appellee against appellant to recover for medical services rendered by him to one John R Barnett, who was sick with small-pox. Barnett was nota pauper, but came within the class designated in section 24 of the Act entitled “ Paupers,” viz., a- person not having money or property to pay his board, nursing or medical aid. Upon the trial before a jury, and at the close of all the evidence, the court gave a peremptory instruction directing the jury to find the issues for the appellee and assess his damages at the value of the services performed by him,…