Yandell v. Madison County
Mississippi Supreme Court
From the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Yandell, appellent, was plaintiff, and Madison county, appellee,, was defendant in the court below. The appellant, a physician, was appointed by the board of supervisors county health officer of Madison county, and his salary was fixed at §100 per annum.
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From the circuit court of Madison county. Hon. Robert Powell, Judge. Yandell, appellent, was plaintiff, and Madison county, appellee,, was defendant in the court below. The appellant, a physician, was appointed by the board of supervisors county health officer of Madison county, and his salary was fixed at §100 per annum. Smallpox broke out in the county, and the doctor was required in his official capacity to attend a goodly number of indigent persons who were suffering from the disease. He demanded pay from the county, §892 for such services, according to' their value as fixed by his…
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Dr. Yandell, as health officer thereof, sued Madison county upon a quantum meruit in the sum of $892 for medical services rendered to residents of that county. To the several counts, three in number, all of like character, he attached a bill of particulars, containing about 93 items, one of which items, which will serve to illustrate all the others, is as follows: “1901, January 14. To visit Jesse Samuel (smallpox), $15.00.” To his declaration a demurrer was sustained, when he filed an amended count in qucmtum meruit also, but for $800. In the amended declaration no mention is made of the…
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