County of Winnebago v. City of Rockford

Mr. Presiding Justice Lacey

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case was brought by appellee against the appellant to recover for alleged medical treatment, board, medicine and nursing for four persons which appellee claims it furnished under circumstances which entitled it to recover from the appellant the value thereof, under section 24 of chapter 107 of the Bevised Statute of Illinois, which provides as follows: “ When any non-resident or any person not coming within the definition of a pauper of any county or town shall fall sick, not having money or property to pay his board, nursing…