Gawley v. Jones County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones Circuit Court. Action by a physician to recover for medical and surgical services rendered by him to a pauper. The cause was tried by the court without a jury and judgment rendered for defendant. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
The evidence shows that at the time the services were rendered the defendant had employed certain physicians to render all medical and surgical services demanded by the poor of the county, and that the pauper treated by the plaintiff had been under the care of these physicians. The trustees of the township, wherein the pauper resided, employed plaintiff to render the service to the pauper for which suit is brought. We held in Mansfield v. Sac County, 59 Iowa, 694, that in such a case the county was not liable. Following that decision, we must hold that plaintiff cannot recover in this action.
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2Cases cited1 opinion
- Mansfield v. Sac CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1882
3Cited by4 opinions
- Lacy v. County of KossuthSupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Cerro Gordo County v. Boone CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1911
- Taylor v. Woodbury CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Brock v. Jones CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1910