Blakeslee v. Directors of the Poor
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester eo'wnty: Of July Term 1882, No. 80. . Assumpsit, by William B. Blakeslee,M. D., against the Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment for the county of Chester. Plea, non assumpsit. On the trial, before Futhey', P. J., the following facts ap-* peared : On November 13th 1877, John Mullin, a day laborer at a rolling mill in Coatesviíle, met with an accident while at work, whereby one of his legs was broken.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Chester eo'wnty: Of July Term 1882, No. 80. . Assumpsit, by William B. Blakeslee,M. D., against the Directors of the Poor and of the House of Employment for the county of Chester. Plea, non assumpsit. On the trial, before Futhey', P. J., the following facts ap-* peared : On November 13th 1877, John Mullin, a day laborer at a rolling mill in Coatesviíle, met with an accident while at work, whereby one of his legs was broken. The plaintiff, a physician and surgeon, was called in and attended Mullin professionally until December 31st 1877, at Muffin’s own…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Trunkey
On November 13th 1877, John Mullin fractured his leg, and the plaintiff gave him attendance until the 31st of the next month. Mullin was at his home with his wife and children. The plaintiff had visited him in 1875, visited one of his children in March 1877, and attended his wife prior to the accident, and *278in confinement afterwards; but lias not attended the family since .February 187S. Muliin paid him for his services before the accident; has paid nothing since, and about the middle of July 1881, the plaintiff first discovered that he could not pay the bill, from his emphatic declaration…
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