Evans v. City of Sandersville

The plaintiff is a physician. In the year 1911, during an epidemic of smallpox in the city of Sandérsville, Georgia, the then city physician resigned, and the plaintiff, Dr. Evans, was elected in his stead, and, in behalf of the municipality, assumed the care of those suffering from .the disease. Dr. Evans was again elected city physician, for the year 1912. In November, 1912, an epidemic of smallpox broke out in the city and the situation appeared so grave that the city council met on 'a Sunday afternoon to devise means for the care of those who were afflicted with it, and also to prevent…