Staples v. Plymouth County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Plymouth District Court. ActioN to recover for the value of certain lumber furnished by plaintiff upon the request of the board of health of the city of LeMars and the overseer of the poor, which was used in building a pest house necessai-y for the proper care of certain persons found in the city afflicted with the small pox. A demurrer to the petition was sustained, and the plaintiff standing upon the petition', judgment was rendered against him. He now appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBeck, J.
I. The petition alleges that a large number of persons residing in Le Mars being sick of small pox, and others being exposed to the contagion, and the welfare and safety of the people demanding that they should be removed *365to a building apart from the other inhabitants, to prevent the spread of the contagion, the board of health of the city, being unable to procure such a building, proceeded to erect a suitable hospital, wherein the small pox patients should be kept and treated. The lumber in question was furnished by plaintiffs upon the request of the board of health and the overseer of the…
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