Schmidt v. Muscatine County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Muscatine District Gouft. — Hon. W. E BRANNAN, Judge. The petition and first amendment thereto allege plaintiff’s employment by the board of health of the city of Muscatine to disinfect “various houses and places where persons afflicted with smallpox had been kept or resided * * * at the expiration of the quarantine period, the said disinfecting being necessary for the protection of the public health before quarantined persons should be permitted to go at large;”…
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Appeal from Muscatine District Gouft. — Hon. W. E BRANNAN, Judge. The petition and first amendment thereto allege plaintiff’s employment by the board of health of the city of Muscatine to disinfect “various houses and places where persons afflicted with smallpox had been kept or resided * * * at the expiration of the quarantine period, the said disinfecting being necessary for the protection of the public health before quarantined persons should be permitted to go at large;” that he had disinfected forty-nine houses, at the agreed compensation of $10 each, and had made use of materials which…
1Opinion of the CourtLadd, J.
The plaintiff’s .services were rendered in disinfecting houses with contents, in which persons afflicted with smallpox had resided or had been kept, at the expi-i. disinfec-property^ county. ration of the quarantine period, and before they were permitted to depart and mingle with the people. Were these, under the circumstances alleged, proper charges against the county? The statutes must answer this question. We find none requiring the county in any cqntingency to meet the expense of staying the spread of disease by cleansing the personal property or realty of individuals. Appellant seems to…
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- City of Clinton v. County of ClintonSupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Gill v. Appanoose CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1885
- Staples v. Plymouth CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1883
- Tweedy v. Fremont CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1896
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