Hendricks v. Board of Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Chautauqua District Court. Action brought by Hendricks against The County Board of Chautauqua County, to recover for medical services, etc. The defendant demurred to plaintiff’s petition on the ground that it does not state facts sufficient to constitute a cause of action, which demurrer the court sustained at the March Term, 1885, and rendered judgment for costs against plaintiff. He brings the case here. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, J.:
F. E. Hendricks brought this action against the board of county commissioners of Chautauqua county, and in his petition alleged substantially that on November 25, 1883, the sheriff of Chautauqua county and his deputies arrested one Cyrenius B. Hendricks, and that while they had him in .custody at a point fifteen miles from Sedan, where the county jail was located, he was shot, and so severely wounded that he could not be removed or taken to the county jail, and *484that his condition resulting from the wound was such that it was impossible for…
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