Chairman of Board of Health v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Plaintiff presented for payment to tbe board of county commissioners of Renville county an itemized statement of expenses incurred by the village of Buffalo Lake in the control of smallpox, which was disallowed and plaintiff thereupon appealed to the district court for said county. The ease was tried before Qvale, J., who found in favor of plaintiff for the sum demanded. From a .judgment entered pursuant to the findings, defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, j.
The facts in this case are as follows: For more than a year prior to March, 1901, W. J. Gille, his wife and children, resided in the village of Buffalo Lake, Renville county, and with them resided one Henry Jackman, all of whom had a legal settlement and residence in that county. In March of that year they were taken ill with smallpox at their residence, and the board of health of Buffalo Lake at once assumed control over and quarantined them, and in their subsequent care and treatment incurred certain expenses for merchandise, necessaries of life, medical care and attendance…
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