Hawthorne v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 79 Kan. 295
• 99 P. 598
• 1909 Kan. LEXIS 178

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. County Health Officer—Contagious or Infectious Diseases —Duties. A health officer appointed by a county local board of health having knowledge of any infectious or contagious disease is required immediately to exercise and maintain supervision of such case, seeing that it is properly cared for and isolated.</p> <p>2. -Implied Authority to Contract for Medical Attendance and Nursing. The performance of these duties involves expense, and the power to care for such diseased persons implies the authority to contract for medical attendance and nursing in an emergency which requires immediate action.</p> <p>S.- Order of County Board Not a Condition Precedent to Liability of County. The county board has authority to examine and settle all accounts chargeable against the county, and to determine whether services which it is claimed were rendered by the order of the health officer were, properly performed under his direction, and their reasonable value; it has the general control of the situation and of the expenditures, but in the circumstances disclosed in this case a previous employment by order of the board itself was not a condition precedent to the liability of the county.</p>