Grace v. Territory of Hawaii
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2 later published cases cite this decision.
- Bishop v. Mahiko (Haw. 1940)
- In re a Submission on Agreed Facts in a Controversy Between Bishop & Mahiko (Haw. 1940)
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Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT BY
This is a submission without action on the following agreed facts:
In February, 1901, a policeman at Hilo, Hawaii, without authority, justification or extenuation by law, shot and wounded a private citizen. It immediately became necessary to extract the bullet from the wounded man. The Sheriff of Hawaii requested the plaintiff, who was a licensed physician and surgeon practicing in Hilo-, to perform the operation, promising him reasonable compensation for the service by the department of' the Attorney-General. The plaintiff performed the service im a skillful manner and rendered a bill therefor to the said department. The question is whether the Territory is liable.
In our opinion the Sheriff was without authority to bind the-Territory to pay for an operation upon a private citizen made-
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