Autauga County v. Davis
Supreme Court of Alabama
[action against county eor MEDICAL services rendered'to paupers.} Appeal from the Circuit Court of Autauga. Tried before the Hon. C. W. Eapiek.
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[action against county eor MEDICAL services rendered'to paupers.} Appeal from the Circuit Court of Autauga. Tried before the Hon. C. W. Eapiek. The complaint in this case was as follows : “ B. F. & T. A. Davis a The plaintiffs claim of the ¿le-vs. Vfendant the sum of $54, due by Autauga County. 3 account on the 22d June, 1857, for medicines furnished and medical services rendered to Alexander Cunningham, now deceased, during his last illness; also, the further sum of $44, due by account on the 7th May, 1857, for medicines furnished and medical services rendered to Milage Marcus during his…
1Opinion of the CourtRice, C. J.
The first section of the act to provide for the indigent sick in Autauga and certain other counties, approved Feb. 10, 1852, (Pamph. Acts of 1851-2, pp. 429, 480,) provides, that when any person is sick in the counties of Autauga or Coosa, and in such destitute condition as to demand public charity and prompt attention, such person, during sickness, shall be a public charge on the county. The third section provides, that in the event of sickness, as contemplated in the first section, “the commissioners of revenue and roads in the county where such sickness * * occurs must order the county…
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