City of Clinton v. County of Clinton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Clinton Circuit Cou/rt. Action to recover for expenses alleged to have been incurred in providing for certain persons infected with smallpox, and in providing for the safety of the inhabitants. There was a trial to the court, and judgment was rendered for-the plaintiff. The defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, J.
i. pauper: ISnhavhigSo liability of' care of. — One of the persons provided for was one Christina Shutt, who, at the time she was taken sick with small-pox, had come to Clinton a few days before, with the intention of making that city her home, She was a native of Denmark, and had not gained a settlement elsewhere. The statute upon which *206the plaintiff relies, (sections 21 and 22, chapter 151 of the Laws of the Eighteenth General Assembly; McClain’s Statutes, 455), provides, where relief is furnished as in this case, for charging the county to which the sick or infected person belongs.
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