Tallahatchie County v. Harrison
Mississippi Supreme Court
FROM the circuit court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. F. A. Montgomery, Judge. The opinion states the case. We do not deny that the charges made by appellee were reasonable, but we submit that the board of supervisors was without power to make the allowance under § 3158, code 1892. Under § 3158, code 1892, it is discretionary with the board of supervisors whether or not they allow a claim like the one in controversy.
1Opinion of the CourtTerral, J.
Dr. Harrison sued Tallahatchie county for medical services rendered to Jim Simmons, and recovered judgment in the circuit court for §>96. It appears from the evidence that Simmons was very poor, had a blind wife and several minor children unable to render any assistance for the support of their parents; that Simmons was very ill, and in indigent circumstances, and that his physicians, thinking they had done enough for him in charity by their previous attention to him, called in Dr. High, a member of the board of supervisors, who, upon examination, declared that he thought Simmons was a…
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