Cooper v. Board of Commissioners

Dr. William B. Cooper sued the Commissioners of Howard county, Indiana, upon a hill of particulars, for medicines and visits, as a physician, to certain named persons, amounting to $196. He averred in his complaint, that said persons were paupers in said county, without stating in what township, but were non-residents of the county. .

The Commissioners answered:—

1. The general denial;

2. Setting up the following contract, claiming that the services sued for were embraced by it:

“ Know all men by these presents, that we, the undersigned, are held and firmly bound to the county of Howai’d, in the…