Inhabitants of Greenville v. Beauto
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Judgment for defendant. Action under section 51 of chapter 18 of the Revised Statutes by the town of Greenville, to recover for board, nursing and medical attendance furnished the defendant while sick with small pox in said' town.
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On report. Judgment for defendant. Action under section 51 of chapter 18 of the Revised Statutes by the town of Greenville, to recover for board, nursing and medical attendance furnished the defendant while sick with small pox in said' town. The defendant, a common laborer about thirty years of age, was taken sick with small pox in the town of Greenville and removed by the local board of health to a separate house, and provided with nurses and other assistants and necessaries from September 10th, nineteen hundred three, to October 12th, nineteen hundred three, in compliance with the provision…
1Opinion of the CourtSavage, J.
Action under R. S., c. 18, § 51, to recover for board, nursing and medical attendance furnished the defendant while sick with small pox in the plaintiff town. The statute in question provides that when any person is “infected with any disease or sickness dangerous to the public health, the local board of health of the town where he is, shall provide for the safety of the inhabitants, as they think best, by removing him to a separate house, if it. can be done without great danger to his health, and by providing nurses and other assistants and necessaries, at his charge, or that of his parent…
2Cited by1 opinion
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