Dykes v. Board of County Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

West, J.:

Dr. J. P. H. Dykes sued the board of county commissioners of Stafford county, and an objection to testimony was sustained as to the second, third, fourth and seventh causes of action, from which ruling he appeals. In the second it was alleged that Doctor Hart was health officer of the county, and was called on by another doctor to diagnose a case, and they disagreed. The other doctor called in the plaintiff. for a consultation, which the health officer, though notified, did not attend. The plaintiff, like the other doctor, pronounced the case…