Forbes v. Board of Health

Mabry, J.:

In September, 1888, appellant, D. S. Forbes, master of the British bark “Tiber,” sued the Board of Health of Escambia county, a corporation existing under the laws of Florida, for $2,000 damages for detaining said bark for the space of twelve days, and compelling her to undergo and pay the cost of fumigation, and the discharge of her ballast at a quarantine station under an order and proclamation of said board made on the 23d day of April, 1888.

• A demurrer to the declaration was sustained by the court below on the 22d day of October, 1888, with leave for complainant below to amend…