Mullen v. Board of Commissioners

Doctor Mullen sued the board of commissioners of Decatwr county, for surgical services rendered to a pauper. In the justice’s Court he recovered judgment. The board appealed.

In the Ciicuit Court, the board of commissioners renewed the motion made and overruled below, to dismiss the suit for want of a sufficient cause of action, assigning *503two causes: 1. That it did not appear that the account had been presented to the commissioners for allowance, and rejected. 2. Because the complaint did not state facts sufficient, &C. ■

The complaint is in these words: Bernard F. Mullen complains of the board…