People ex rel. Lester v. Eno
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Certiorari by the people, on the relation of Garra K. Tester, to Joseph H. Eno and others, constituting the town board of the town of Hamburg, Erie county, N. Y., to review the action of said board in the matter of the audit of a claim presented to it by relator. Determination of board annulled.
1Opinion of the CourtAdams, P. J.
The relator, who, on the 29th day of April, 1902, was a practicing physician in the town of Hamburg, in the county of Erie, discovered the fact that two of his patients had developed the disease of smallpox, which fact he on the day above named reported to Dr. Bentley S. Bourne, the health physician of the town. A meeting of the board of health was thereupon called for the day following, at which meeting the health physician reported the existence of these cases of smallpox, expressed his opinion as to the source of communication, and recommended that a strong quarantine be established to…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Molloy v. Board of HealthNew York Supreme Court · 1891
3Cited by1 opinion
- Reynolds v. President & Trustees of the Village of OssiningAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905