County of DeWitt v. Wright

Appellee’s claim against the county is based on this evidence: James Deland, who was the supervisor of the town of Clintonia, in DeWitt county, testified that, “Wright came to me and notified me, as overseer of the poor, that an old lady named Todd was sick, and had called on him for medical and surgical aid; that she had no property, and that I had better go and see her. I went, found her in bed, poor, and about 70 years old. She requested me to employ Wright to perform an operation upon her. Told her that the county had contracted with doctors to doctor the poor in this township, and named…