People Ex Rel. Attorney-General v. Wheeler
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion. Tirey L. Ford, Attorney-General, and U. S. Webb, for Appellant.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, C.
This is a suit, in the nature of quo warranto, to oust the defendant from the office described in the complaint as that of “county physician,” or, as otherwise described, “the office of hospital physician of Plumas County,” Judgment was entered for the defendant on demurrer to the complaint, and the plaintiff -appeals.
The defendant, who is a graduate in medicine, was appointed by the board of supervisors under subdivision 5 of section 25 of the County Government Act of 1897 (Stats. 1897, p. 458) to attend to the indigent sick and dependent poor of the county, and to the patients in…
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