Brock v. Jones County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Jones District Court. — IIon. E. O. Ellison, Judge. Action to recover compensation for medical services rendered by plaintiff, wbo is a physician, to one Chas. Jones, who, it is claimed, was a pauper who had been injured through a fall .from a circus train which was passing through defendant county. The case was tried to a jury, resulting in a'n instructed verdict for plaintiff, and defendant" appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtDeemer, C. J.
Plaintiff is a physician and surgeon, living and practicing his profession at the town of Olin, in Jones County. In the year 1906 a negro by the ñamé of Chas. Jones fell from a circus train which was passing through the state at or near the town of Olin, and as a result both his legs were crushed and mangled. The injured man was without means, and may properly be said to have-been a pauper. Plaintiff’s attention was called to the injured m'an, and he immediately notified the township cleric, and ashed him to call a meeting of the township trustees in order that the man might be taken care of.…
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