Smith v. Commissioners of Shawnee County
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by Caleb D. Ward against The Board of Comm’rs of Shawnee Co. for the sum of $1,158.56, on account •of medical services, medicines, clothing, provisions, groceries, •dry goods and other necessary merchandise by plaintiff provided and furnished for the temporary relief of certain paupers in Silver Lake township, Shawnee county. Trial at the December Term, 1874, of the district court, and judgment for the defendants.
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Error from Shawnee District Court. Action brought by Caleb D. Ward against The Board of Comm’rs of Shawnee Co. for the sum of $1,158.56, on account •of medical services, medicines, clothing, provisions, groceries, •dry goods and other necessary merchandise by plaintiff provided and furnished for the temporary relief of certain paupers in Silver Lake township, Shawnee county. Trial at the December Term, 1874, of the district court, and judgment for the defendants. Charles B. Smith, administrator of the •estate of Ward, brings the case here for review.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
This case involves a construction of chapter 79 of the General Statutes, entitled “An act for the relief of the poor.” The facts are, that in 1872 the small-pox broke out in epidemic form in Silver Lake township, in Shawnee •county, and the township trustee employed the plaintiff’s intestate, who was a practicing physician and the keeper of a country store, to attend upon the sick and supply them with necessaries out of his store. For the services and supplies thus rendered and furnished, he presented a bill against the county, which was…
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