Covington ex rel. Covington v. Wyatt

'.Adams, J.

The ground of the relief sought by the plaintiff is the defendant’s disregard of certain statutes, alleged-.- to be mandatory, contained in chapter 118, Art. 14, of Consolidated Statutes. This article, entitled “Inflammation of Eyes of Newborn,” is a transcript of the Public Laws 1917, ch. 257. Such “inflammation” is defined in C. S., 7180; and in section 7181 it is provided that any person attendant on or in any way assisting an infant or the mother of an infant at childbirth, or at any time within two weeks'after childbirth, knowing the condition, shall make réport thereof to the…