Gilligan v. Town of Grattan

In January, 1897, William Postma, a non-resident of Holt county, was injured by a passenger train on the Freemont, Ellchorn & Missouri Valley railroad in Ewing township in said county. He Avas brought by the railroad company to the city of O’Neill, in Grattan toAvnship, where he was taken off the cars. John P. Gilligan, a physician and surgeon, was ordered by a justice of the peace of Grattan toAvnship to render professional services to Postma at the expense of the township, which Dr. Gilligan thereupon did. This action was brought against Grattan township to recover $150, the value of the…