Roberts v. Comm'rs of Pottawatomie Co.
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Pottawatomie District Cowrt. Eoberts, a physician, presented his bill to the board of commissioners of Pottawatomie county for $62 for medical services and medicines furnished (at the request of the sheriff) to two prisoners in the jail of the county. The commissioners allowed him $10, and refused to allow him the balance of his bill. Roberts appealed, and filed a petition to which the Board of Comity Commissioners demurred.
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Error from Pottawatomie District Cowrt. Eoberts, a physician, presented his bill to the board of commissioners of Pottawatomie county for $62 for medical services and medicines furnished (at the request of the sheriff) to two prisoners in the jail of the county. The commissioners allowed him $10, and refused to allow him the balance of his bill. Roberts appealed, and filed a petition to which the Board of Comity Commissioners demurred. The case was heard on the demurrer at the February Term 1872 of the district court, and judgment given for the defendants; and Roberts now brings the case here…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This action was for medical services rendered by the plaintiff to two prisoners confined in the county jail of Pottawatomie county. The plaintiff (Roberts) filed his petition. The defendant (the county) demurred thereto, on the ground that the petition did not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action. The district court sustained the demurrer, and the plaintiff now complains in this court of such ruling. The petition was certainly not very profuse or prodigal in its statement of facts. It did not state whether the said…
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