Lacy v. Monona County
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monona District Court. — John W. Anderson, Judge. Action by a physician against the county to recover for services rendered to patients suffering from smallpox. The opinion states the facts. Judgment for defendant in the court below. Plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
1. Counties: medical services to indigent sick: conditions precedent. This action is brought by the plaintiff, a physician, to recover from the defendant county for professional services rendered and medicine furnished to certain persons who were afflicted with small-pox, and who were then in quarantine under the order of the clerk of the local board of health of Sherman Township, Monona County, Iowa.
At the time, plaintiff was health officer, appointed by the township trustees of Sherman Township. The services were rendered at the oral request of the township clerk and the board of trustees…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Taylor v. Woodbury CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1898
- Mussel v. Tama CountySupreme Court of Iowa · 1887