Webb v. Detroit Board of Health

On July 23, 1897, relator filed a petition in the Wayne circuit court, praying for a writ of mandamus against the respondent to compel it to allow her bill for losses occasioned by smallpox infection. The bill was for amount due her “for loss and for compensa*517tion by reason of the infection of tbe premises No. 33 Baltimore avenue west, in the summer of 1894, by smallpox:

Cost of renovation, etc., after disinfection____ $107

Loss of rent________________________________ 80

Furniture, bedding, and other articles destroyed 40

$227 ”

An issue having been made upon the petition and answer, the same came…