Holliday v. Jackson County
Supreme Court of Georgia
Complaint. Before Judge Russell. Jackson superior court. February term, 1904. Suit was brought on a physician’s bill for medical services.
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Complaint. Before Judge Russell. Jackson superior court. February term, 1904. Suit was brought on a physician’s bill for medical services. The testimony showed, that a family were stricken with typhoid fever; that their neighbors presented to the ordinary, who had control and supervision of the county affairs, a petition that the County accept them as'paupers; that the ordinary wrote on the petition an order accepting them as such, directed the plaintiff, a physician, to treat them at reasonable charges, and employed another person to look after them and to employ nurses, giving this person…
1Opinion of the CourtFish, P. J.
A contract made with an ordinary in behalf of the county of which he is an official is not binding upon the county, unless it is in writing and entered on his minutes. Political Code, § 343; Milburn v. Glynn County, 109 Ga. 473. Judgment affirmed.
All the Justices concur. Robert S. Howard, for plaintiff,
cited Pol. Code, § 437; Ga. R. 37/30; 94/488.
J. S. Ayers, for defendant,
cited Pol. Code, §§341, 343, 362; Ga. R. 109/472; 112/170.
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- Milburn v. Glynn CountySupreme Court of Georgia · 1899
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