Mayor of Nashville v. Toney

Cooke, Sp. J.,

delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiffs below sued the defendant for eight thousand dollars, for services rendered the city, by Mrs. Amelia Toney, the matron of St. Vincent’s Hospital, for nursing, maintaining and taking care of the charity *644patients of the city. The summons issued December 27, 1875. The declaration alleged, that the defendant contracted with plaintiff, Mrs. Tonéy, to pay her one dollar per day for the board, nursing, etc., of each charity patient of the City of Nashville, which was sent to said Hospital; and that in pursuance of said contract, the…