County of Saguache v. Decker
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court, Saguache County. Appellees, on the 9th day of July, A. D. 1883, presented to the county commissioners of Saguache county, and asked to have allowed, the following bills for services rendered and necessaries furnished in small-pox cases in the town of Bonanza, in said county: Mrs. Alice N. Hunt, bath-tub, $15; Mrs. Anna Gray, nurse, $10; Decker Bros., drugs, etc., $35; Decker Bros., drugs, etc., $21; W. L. Taylor, guard, $17.50; W. L. Taylor,…
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Appeal from District Court, Saguache County. Appellees, on the 9th day of July, A. D. 1883, presented to the county commissioners of Saguache county, and asked to have allowed, the following bills for services rendered and necessaries furnished in small-pox cases in the town of Bonanza, in said county: Mrs. Alice N. Hunt, bath-tub, $15; Mrs. Anna Gray, nurse, $10; Decker Bros., drugs, etc., $35; Decker Bros., drugs, etc., $21; W. L. Taylor, guard, $17.50; W. L. Taylor, guard, $63; John M. Brown, messenger, $63; Edward Nathan, guard, $129; Edward Nathan, guard, $16.50, — which bills were…
1Opinion of the Court
Stallcup, C.
Is the county liable for these charges? is the question here presented and argued. It is urged upon the part of the appellees that the county is liable for these charges, under the provisions of sections 2613 and 2611 of the General Statutes of 1877, which are sections 2093 and 2091 of the General Laws, and are as follows:
“ Sec. 2613. When any person coming from abroad, or residing within any town, city, or county within this state, shall be infected, or shall lately before have been infected, with the small-pox, or other sickness dangerous *152to the public health, the board of…
Also in this document: Per curiam.
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