Jones v. Graham
Supreme Court of Alabama
A ppeal from the Circuit Court of Coosa. Tried before the Hon. Nat. Cook. Assumpsit by Nathaniel S. Jones against John G. Graham, who was the lessee of the penitentiary during the years 1848 and 1849, to recover the salary which plaintiff claimed to be due him as physician of tho penitentiary during those years.— It is unnecessary to notice particularly the several rulings of the court to which the assignments of error relate, as they are not material to an understanding of…
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A ppeal from the Circuit Court of Coosa. Tried before the Hon. Nat. Cook. Assumpsit by Nathaniel S. Jones against John G. Graham, who was the lessee of the penitentiary during the years 1848 and 1849, to recover the salary which plaintiff claimed to be due him as physician of tho penitentiary during those years.— It is unnecessary to notice particularly the several rulings of the court to which the assignments of error relate, as they are not material to an understanding of the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChilton, C. J.
By the second section of the act “ To provide for the appointment of inspectors and physicians for the penitentiary,” approved Feb. 3rd, 1848, “the physician of the penitentiary shall be appointed by the lessee, with tho advice and consent of the inspectors; and the inspectors shall have power to remove any physician, at all times, for incompetency, or neglect of his duties as such physician; and when any vacancy occurs in the office of physician, which is not filled by the lessee as herein provided, within three days after the happening of such vacancy, the inspectors shall, on the fourth…
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