Bartlett v. Dahlsten
Nebraska Supreme Court
Appeal from the district court for Wheeler county: Bayard H. Paine, Judge.'
1Opinion of the CourtFlansburg, J.
Action against Wheeler county on an alleged contract made between the county and the plaintiff, a physician. *739Plaintiff was requested, at the instance of the hoard of health, to diagnose and examine the ailments of a number of persons, residents of the county, during a smallpox epidemic.
There is evidence tending to show that the physician on the board of health was unable to diagnose the disease and called it “Cuban itch.” No quarantine had been established, and many persons afflicted with the disease walked about the streets and in public, so that the epidemic got well under way before it was…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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